Good afternoon. Noting that a quorum is present, I hereby call the regular board meeting of the K-8 Independent School District, March 25, 2024, and the time is 5 p.m.
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Katy ISD Regular Board Meeting, March 25, 2024
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- 0:04 to 9:46 1. Call to Order
- 9:46 to 13:42 3. Recognitions
- 13:42 to 18:53 4. Oaths
- 18:53 to 47:03 5. Public Comment/Citizen Participation
- 47:03 to 51:26 9.10 Consider Board approval of the naming of Katy High School Baseball field.
- 51:26 to 51:50 6. Closed Meeting
- 51:50 to 54:58 7. Reconvene from Closed Meeting
- 54:58 to 1:34:38 8.1 House Bill (HB) 1605 Overview
- 1:34:38 to 1:40:56 9. Consent Items
- 1:40:56 to 1:54:43 9.7 Consider Board approval of a contract for the renovation to Katy Junior High School.
- 1:54:43 to 1:57:26 10.1 Board Committee Updates
- 1:57:26 to 1:57:44 11. Future Meetings
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1. Call to Order
Dr. Rogorski, will you verify that we're in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act with regard to notice for this meeting?
I do confirm we're in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meeting Act for our meeting tonight.
And we'll go ahead and move into a couple or some very special guests we have with us tonight.
We're going to help us with the pledge and the national anthem.
But first up is a student, Vanessa Akajabor, a fifth grader at Davidson Elementary.
Principal is Jesse Miller.
Parents, Collins and Yadiri Akajabor.
Boer. Students special interest, participates in competitive cheer, enjoys practicing her tumbling
skills, spends time hanging out with her family, and serves as the publicity officer for Davidson
Student Council. Special subjects, favorite subjects, reading, social studies, and science.
From Mrs. Friese, fifth grade ELAR, Vanessa is such a delight to have in class. Her positivity,
leadership skills, and kindness are just a few of her traits that make her an incredible person.
I feel so blessed to be her teacher this year and from Miss Simpson fifth grade math and science teacher
Vanessa has a spark in her that makes her stand out amongst her peers
She's hard-working and kind and always makes me smile
So in just a moment, we're gonna bring Vanessa up before we bring up our pledge leader would also introduce over to my left
You'll see Jordan High School Orchestra over here who will be performing the national anthem following the pledges
So that's Jordan High School Principal Dr. Ethan Kroll.
This is our All-State Ensemble, Music Director Kyle Davis and Sunny Yam.
Students over there, Sophie Zhang, Timothy Shim, Jawit Fang, Brian Rhee, Jaden Su, Nathan Shu, Jacob Jang, Pranav Kawada, Daniel Ribik, Maxwell Tang, and Henry Yu.
And a quote from Orchestra Director Kyle Davis,
Students you see before you today are the 11 students selected from the Jordan High School
to perform with the TMEA All-State Orchestras in February of this year.
TMEA audition process is designed to provide both recognition and meaningful musical experiences
for Texas student musicians.
musicians selection to a TMEA performing organization requires stamina talent and a strong work ethic and is only awarded to the top 2% of high school musicians this number of students is the largest number ever selected from Jordan High School so if we can have our pledge leader come on up and lead us in the pledge
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, one and indivisible.
Good evening, President Perez.
Vanessa, hold on one second.
We're going to do the national anthem and then your remarks.
Thank you.
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Good evening President Perez, board members, and Superintendent Gagorski.
My name is Vanessa Kadribor, and I'm in fifth grade at Keiko Davidson at James and Keiko Davidson Elementary School.
Thank you for inviting me to be here tonight.
I am so proud to represent my school.
I love my school because I've received a great education.
I also have lots of friends and amazing teachers, Ms. Feast and Ms. Simpson.
They push me to be the best I can be and they make learning fun.
When I am not at school, I like spending my time at home practicing my cheer and tumbling
skills.
I also like to spend time with my siblings and my parents.
When I'm older, I would love to attend college and become a pharmacist like my aunt.
Thank you Davidson Elementary and KDISD for helping me get this far in my education.
Thank you very much for leading us in the pledge.
Because in the past, if only our pledge leader each year and anyone who plays are able to get to the next year.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
3. Recognitions
This time I'd like to introduce Craig Eichorn, Director of Communications for the Recognitions
portion of our meeting.
Thank you all.
President Perez, Trustee, Superintendent Graborski, Daniel, can we get the slides?
Thank you.
Participation in University Interscholastic League competition is a privilege and an honor for KDISD student athletes.
The league has a long and exciting history of educational and athletic excellence through competition.
We now have two student athletes who have added to that tradition.
Last month, two students brought home gold medals from the state wrestling championship competition.
At this time, I would like to introduce Mr. Lance Carter, Executive Director of Athletics, for this recognition.
Ignition.
Trustees and Superintendent Gagorski,
these student athletes have invested significant time and dedication into their sport in which they have earned the highest honor in
UIL wrestling. Each of these gold medalists has a team of KDISD educators,
coaches, and leaders who are devoted to their growth, success, and well-being.
Students and coaches and principals here this evening, please come forward when I call your name.
From Cinco Ranch High School, Jackson Herman.
Coaches, principals, athletic coordinators.
Jackson emerged victorious to earn the gold medal in the 6A 132-pound weight class,
along with Coach Bill Duchesne and Dr. Kay Williams,
principal of Single Ranch High School, and athletic coordinator Chris Dudley.
All right, with me, here we go.
And from Jordan High School, Garrett McChesney.
Garrett earned his second state gold medal in the boys 6A 138-pound weight class
and also won the most outstanding wrestler award for the tournament.
His coach, Michael White, Dr. Ethan Kroll from Jordan High School.
Thank you, Coach Carter, and congratulations once again to the gold medalists, their coaches,
and their schools.
Superintendent Gagorski, Mr. Perez, this concludes the recognition portions of this evening's
meeting.
Thank you.
Do we have any scouts in the audience?
No?
4. Oaths
Okay.
Okay, now we'll move on to the Peace Officer Oath of Office,
and the presenter is going to be Henry Gahl, KDISP Chief of Police.
Good evening, President Perez, Board of Trustees, Superintendent Gorgorski.
This evening we are proud to present two of our newest officers to be sworn in,
Officer Jose Jean-Louis and Officer Chauncey McFarlane.
And here are some of the bio information would be Sergeant Clarence Howard.
Officer Jose John Luis was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.
He is new to Texas, having moved here with his wife in December of 2020.
Officer John Louise started with the district in 2021, working first as a security guard
in Cummings Junior High for two years.
Officer Louise then went to the Houston Police Academy at the University of Houston downtown,
where he graduated and obtained his Texas Peace Officer license.
Officer Louise has more than 10 years experience working in the school environment, having
worked as a paraprofessional, a teacher's assistant, as well as a music teacher in Gerns
Academy, a school for individuals on the autism spectrum located in Hempstead, New York.
Officer Luis is bilingual and speaks, reads, writes English as well as Haitian Creole fluently.
Outside of being a police officer and having worked with students, he enjoys spending time
with his beautiful wife and two-year-old daughter, attending his church and enjoying hobbies such as
watching the New York Knicks, New York Jets and DJing. Officer Luis looks forward to building
his law enforcement career at kdisd police department while helping to positively impact
lives and students of family kisd officer chauncey mcfarland officer mcfarland attended
lone star college academy from 2000 through 2001 and has 22 years of experience as a police officer
officer mcfarland started his career in law enforcement as a reserve police officer
for Kensington Police Department Public Safety from 2002 to 2000 from April 2002 to August 2002.
Officer McFarland's first full-time law enforcement was with North Forest ISD Police Department from August 2002 through August 2004.
He left North Forest for Umbrell ISD from August 2004 to 2023.
While in Humboldt, McFarland was able to advance and move up the ranks within the department
as a senior officer, investigator, corporal, and a sergeant.
Officer McFarland possesses his T-code Masterpiece Officer License and has received training
and has certifications in being a basic instructor, field training officer, a learning instructor,
and has taken leadership and supervisor courses, Lehman and FBI leader.
Officer McFarland's greatest strengths include a strong desire to aid those in need and to
equally enforce the laws of the state as well as county and local ordinances, both professionally
and fairly, for the safety and general of the public.
While away from his peace officer duties, Officer McFarland enjoys listening to music,
bike riding, and working out whenever he can.
Actually, we kind of messed up a little bit.
So, Officer McFarland, can you come up here, please?
Then Jose, John-Louis, come up here, please.
And as you all can see, we came with many family members today in the back.
Thank you.
The Bureau of Defense and Defense, the Bureau of Defense and Defense, Constitution and Law,
the Constitution and Law, United States, United States, United States, United States,
and the United States will help you God, will help you God, and God will help you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
5. Public Comment/Citizen Participation
At this time, the Board of Trustees will give members of the public an opportunity to speak in accordance with KDISD Board Policy BED Local.
As defined by Board Policy, speakers who signed up by 2 p.m. on Monday, March 25, 2024, provided their first and last name and signed in 15 minutes prior to the start of the meeting will be allowed to address the Board.
Speakers who signed up to speak on posted agenda items will be allowed three minutes to speak.
Also tonight, speakers that signed up to speak on non-agenda items will be allowed three
minutes to speak.
If a speaker is not finished speaking at the end of their allotted time, the audio will
turn off.
If speakers wish to share written material with the Board, please provide ten copies
to the Secretary for Board Services before the meeting begins for the Board members,
the Superintendent, the Chief Communications Officer, and Permanent Record.
If a speaker has not attempted to solve a matter administratively through proper channels, as stated in Board Policy, the presiding officer's designee shall advise the speaker to seek resolution through the appropriate policy.
Finally, pursuant to Texas Government Code sections 551.074 and 551.0821, the Board will
not permit the presentation of personally identifiable information regarding a student
and will not discuss the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline
or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear a complaint or charge against an
officer or employee.
Should a speaker wish to address one of these issues, they must do so through the appropriate
local grievance policies, F&G local, DGBA local, CKE local, or GF local.
Our speakers will be called forward in the order they were signed up to speak.
First we have speakers speaking on agenda items.
The first speaker is Johnny Johnson.
The speaker after that will be Amy McConnell.
Welcome.
Welcome. Thank you, Dr. Gagorski and President Perez and the rest of the board. Thank you very much.
Tonight, I'm speaking on behalf of trying to get the Katy Tiger Baseball Stadium named after Coach Mack, Coach McPherson.
When we moved here in 2014, there were two criteria that my wife and I looked for in moving here.
One was a great school, and one was a great baseball coach.
When my son, Jack, moved here in the summer of 2014, he said, I want to go meet Coach Mack.
We had already done our research and looked at all the schools and we decided on Katy
High School for him.
So he came up to the school, found Coach Mack, shook his hand and said, Coach Mack, I'm going
to be your catcher one day.
Tonight I'm going to read a letter that Jack has sent.
He's continued his baseball career at Youngstown State up in Ohio, studying engineering and
playing baseball.
He'd like us to read this tonight.
As a player who was coached by Tom McPherson, you'd be inclined to think that this paper
biased in which you would no doubt be somewhat correct. For that reason I have
chosen some statistics that highlight the extraordinary career of Tom
McPherson otherwise known by me as Coach Mack. Coach Mack coached for the past 45
years 34 of which were at Katy High School. He has a total of 881 career
wins and two state tournament appearances. Coach Mack was the winningest
active coach in class 6A Texas high school baseball at the time and was the
a positive coaching alliance winner in 2021. He was also named coach of the year in 1985.
These statistics, however, cannot explain how good of a coach Tom McPherson was when it comes to his
heart. He obviously passed the eye test with his awards and his wins, but let me shed some light
on who he was as a person. Coach Mack loved to win, whether it was in class, on the baseball field,
or fundraising events. Coach Mack strongly encouraged us to be the very best we could be.
There was always a winner and there was always a loser, no in between.
Coach Mack grew up in a military family and quickly learned how to take care of his responsibilities.
He also knew how to be a man when it came to owning personal failure.
One of the things we were taught as student athletes was not to make excuses no matter how small they might have been.
Whenever I messed up, I always remember saying, yes, sir, and nothing else.
That was a standard.
I was so blessed to be coached by Tom McPherson because he made me better on and off the baseball field
He also made my job as a parent a lot easier because Jack took responsibility for all of his actions when he grew up
One of the things we were taught as student athletes, so I'm just just covered that sorry
That was a standard I was so blessed to be coached by
Tom McPherson because he made me better on and off the baseball field coach Mack was always very
very interactive and respectful whenever it came to conversation.
He would even follow up with his past players, currently in college,
to make sure we were still taking care of business.
I have way too many stories that I could write
that highlight how good of a person he was and still is.
I hope that this short paper has explained a little bit about Tom Spears.
Thank you.
Thanks a lot. Appreciate that.
Thank you so much.
Amy McConnell is our next speaker, and after that is Patty Lacey.
Thank you, members of the board, for giving me a few minutes to address you today.
I'm Amy McConnell, and I've lived in Katy ISD for 22 years.
For all 22 of those years, I've taught at Cinco Ranch High School,
and I'm a proud parent of a senior and a freshman at CRHS as well.
I'm here today to implore you to reverse the decision to reduce the number of instructional coaches on campuses.
I've watched the instructional coach model evolve in KDISD since its inception,
and I believe we are on the cusp of seeing its true impact on student and teacher success in our schools.
As a teacher, I've easily come to recognize KDISD's primary goals for their educators,
work effectively in professional learning communities, and make data-driven decisions.
I know this and embrace these endeavors through the impactful work of our instructional coaches
who serve as liaisons between the campuses and the district administration.
Instructional coaches are literally the ties that bind us, the teachers, to you, the guiding
administration.
They are also the connective tissue on campuses that help hold PLCs together to be effective
in ways that directly benefit both the teachers that make up those teams and the students
with whom they work.
In addition, the ICs are the experts in gathering, analyzing, and sharing the data that informs our decisions in the classroom and instructing and empowering teachers to develop skills in using data for their day-to-day planning and decision making.
But what truly makes them the glue that holds it all together are the relationships that they build and nurture at all levels, from students to you.
That ultimately fosters trust and buy-in that essentially keep the pieces in place and working towards a common goal and vision.
the goals and visions that you establish and we help to reach. They seal the cracks where students may sometimes slip through and
we have the data that proves that the work they facilitate with teachers and the work they directly do with students is happening now and
making an impact now. It has taken time to reach this point because building and
implementing a plan is a process and building relationships is something that needs time.
To undermine this initiative that will pay out for all stakeholders, me,
me, you, and most importantly, the students we serve,
is a tremendous risk KDISD should not take in today's educational climate.
There will always be a bit of us versus them mentality in education,
but the instructional coaches are truly, without a doubt,
the key to reducing internal conflict within our district
and keeping all parties focused on our shared goals and initiatives.
I truly empathize with the decisions with which you guys are burdened.
But as a teacher in KDISD, I've always been inspired to do better and to be better, even if just by 1%.
I hope today you will also be inspired to do better and to be better like I do.
Please do all you can to maintain the instructional coach model into which this district has invested so much.
It's not a critical piece of the puzzle.
It's the glue that holds it together.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Lacey followed by Joan McPherson. I wore your favorite shirt Victor. Last time I
wore this shirt Victor said I like your shirt. I don't know if he was being
serious or not but this board you guys all seven of y'all have been together
for 315 days and so I'm sure some days it feels like longer some days it feels
like less but I just want to talk to you about Dr. Grigorski and how amazing
I think he is. So as you think about the evaluation and that kind of stuff, I'm just wondering, and I don't know how school boards work, but he has 14,000 employees, give or take, 95,000 students, give or take, and growing every single day.
So in addition to his administration and everyone else that he has to keep happy,
he also has to keep happy the seven of you and the entire community of KDISD.
So I know that as a board you probably set goals for him and hopefully you set
goals for yourself. And so as you begin to walk through this evaluation and as
you evaluate yourselves and what have you done in the last 315 days that's
working or not working and setting those goals, let's just find out what is
working i appreciate dr gregor see you fighting um austin for us and i know it's not easy and i
understand the ic situation and and budgets and all that kind of good stuff but i just want to
make sure that you guys understand that you're a team of eight you are the legacy that is going to
be set and what is your signature and what kind of legacy are you going to leave behind when this
board changes if it changes on may 15th when they are 13th when they swear in new people or if we're
able to keep miss fox and miss champagne so please um work together and let's make sure it's a
signature that you can put on something and be proud of the legacy that you are building here
in kdisd thank you thank you joan mcpherson and after that uh brooke wolfson good evening board
members and mr gregorski thank you for allowing me to speak again this time i'd like to read a
letter from a former parent Sergio Nuncio who could not attend tonight's
meeting but wanted to express his sentiments regarding the naming of the
Katy high school baseball field I hope this letter finds you well I am writing
to express my sincere admiration and support for coach McPherson a true
legend at Katy high school with over 800 wins in his illustrious coaching career
coach McPherson's
dedication to the students and athletes of
Caney High School is
Unparalleled not only did he excel as a teacher, but he also made a lasting impact as a football coach and a mentor to countless
Young athletes were truly sets coach back first and apart is his selflessness and commitment to going above and beyond for his team
from meticulously caring for the baseball field every Sunday to organizing fundraisers to support the team's needs
coach McPherson's dedication knows no bounds in my experience coach McPherson
was the epitome of dedication and passion his tireless efforts and
unwavering support have left an indelible mark on the lives of those he
coached and taught it is my strong belief that coach McPherson's
contributions to Katy high school deserve to be permanently commemorated I
urge you to consider naming the baseball field in his honor as a fitting tribute
to his legacy. Waiting another 50 years for someone to match his level of
dedication would be an impossible task. Coach McPherson's commitment to his
students and athletes went far beyond monetary gain. His love for the game and
his desire to see his players succeed were evident in everything he did.
Thank you for considering my request. I am confident that honoring Coach
McPherson in this way would be a testament to the profound impact he has
had on Katy High School and its community sincerely Sergio Nuncio and
Kiefer Nuncio was pitcher at Katy High School from 2006 to 2009 and he went on
to play at UT Austin thank you
Thank you
Brooke Wolfson and after that Tana Wise
Good evening, KDISD board. My name is Brooke Wolfson and I'm a sixth grader at Beck Junior High.
Today I would like to advocate for the Jewish students like me who attend kindergarten through high school at your schools.
Growing up, I attended the West Houston Jewish Community Center for preschool.
Then I started kindergarten at Fielder Elementary.
I was enjoying my time until Friday when my class didn't celebrate Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest.
Then came Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the most important Jewish holidays.
days. Unlike what I was used to, classes were not canceled. In December, I had my first holiday
party. The planned activity was to make reindeer Christmas ornaments. Luckily, my amazing teacher,
Mrs. Swick, realized I felt left out and accommodated the project by making my
recreation into a menorah instead of a reindeer. That was also the first year of many I did a
class presentation on Hanukkah. I was always grateful for those opportunities, but recognized
that they would only happen if I said something. When I came to Beck this year, I was happy that
that we were happy to know that we were learning about different cultures, one of them being
Judaism. While I have encountered very few issues at Beck, there is one in particular I would like
to speak about. On October 13th, I was walking to meet my mom after school and noticed a group
of people standing by the crosswalk. I was stopped on school grounds by one of these men from a
church who then proceeded to hand me a Bible. The teachers did not ask the men to leave and instead
were asking questions about his church. This made me extremely uncomfortable as it felt like another
another religion was being forced upon me.
Every year, around the end of September, there is a professional day where no students are
on campus.
Around the same time are the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
In fact, this year, the professional holiday fell on Friday, September 22nd.
Yom Kippur followed three days later on Monday, September 25th.
It would have been so easy to schedule this professional day on one of the Jewish holidays.
As a Jewish student, I often miss school on these days, and some of my teachers don't
even try to give even try to give me work to do what i don't understand is why we get days off
on holidays such as christmas good friday easter and now this year the day after easter but not
holidays of other religions while i am not trying to advocate to take away recognition of christian
holidays i am asking for more recognition of other faiths a very easy start could be pushing that
professional day in fall to fall on a jewish holiday and like mrs swick remembering not
Not everyone celebrates Christmas when elementary school holiday parties are planned.
I really hope the KDISD board will make some changes to help accommodate all students of different faiths.
But if not, I will keep fighting for equality.
I want to thank all of the teachers who have helped me throughout the years.
I appreciate your time.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Tana Weiss, and after that, Yarrow Sledge.
School board members and Dr. Grigorski. Good evening. My name is Tana Weiss and I've lived in KDISD for 31 years and I am here for some clarification.
What I don't understand is how the word inclusive became offensive in a call to arms for Ms. Timmy, Ms. Calhoun, Ms. Cozella, and Mr. Perez as it pertains to our beloved school district, our curriculum, our librarians, teachers, and our students.
The Board Code of Conduct clearly states curriculum which supports academic excellence for all students.
Yes, all students.
Your attacks on the staff by limiting their abilities to rely on their professional training is debilitating and demoralizing.
Your attacks on the students have gained more than local attention, which, if in fact that may be your goal, I do not understand it.
Your attacks on our district seem to only be aimed at undermining public education,
which makes sense because Ms. Teamee and Ms. Calhoun chose not to send their own children
to the school district they claim to represent.
And school choice voucher legislation can only benefit from the failure of large districts in Texas,
facilitated by our own board members.
Ms. Teamee and Ms. Calhoun, your continued attacks, both publicly and privately,
on your fellow board members, Ms. Champagne and Ms. Fox, are embarrassing. You are both
disrespectful in your tone when you speak to them, dismissive when they speak, and both downright
hateful. All while you claim to serve a greater God than can be kept out of schools, Ms. Calhoun,
and while you serve as both the best math teacher that ever existed, along with being a concerned
chaplain to your students, Ms. Teamee. It's also worth noting, Ms. Teamee, that you were last in
a classroom 23 years ago, and you taught for a total of 26 months in four different schools.
You also stated at the last regular board meeting that KD schools are not the schools you grew up in.
I'd like to bring your attention to something else that is much different from the schools
that both you and my husband attended.
Parents and school board members attacking students,
teachers, librarians, and administrators
over political and religious ideologies.
You want to bring chaplains into our schools
while taking books librarians and counselors out too.
I'm also left wondering, Ms. Teamee and Ms. Calhoun,
if you personally invited Rocky Malloy and his wife
to come from Oklahoma.
He's the man that runs the National Chaplain Association
Association out of Norman and who helped write that chaplain bill to come to KD
Texas to pitch his chaplain program as you both seem to enjoy visiting with
them and thank them before the closed meeting after the board meeting on
February 26th this community sees you you will not ruin our district one
one decision at a time.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Yarrow Sledge.
Yarrow Sledge.
Followed by Jared Burton.
Good evening, President Perez, Board Trustees,
Dr. Gergenski, and staff.
My name is Yarrow Sledge.
I'm a parent of two children who attend school in KDISD
and a proud former teacher in this district.
I'm here to discuss teacher retention.
Many of the issues that teachers face, the district has very little control over.
Many issues are state issues, even national issues, hence the national shortage.
I personally was on many committees here in the district as a staff member, including
the monthly Teacher of the Year Forum.
Teacher retention was discussed constantly.
Not one time did I hear books or gender issues being mentioned.
support and respect were mentioned repeatedly.
The one place staff members should feel supported by is their local board.
New members of our board have called teachers groomers
and accused teachers of trying to indoctrinate kids.
I can tell you your statements like that are not helping retain good teachers.
Are there teachers who just see teaching as a job?
Of course.
But Katie is so blessed to have a multitude of talented and passionate teachers
teachers who care about their students and want what's best for them.
At the December 2023 meeting, Dawn, Rebecca, and Lance advocated to send a letter to the
state to ask for the release of funds.
Thank you.
This week, instructional coach positions were cut in half due to budget issues.
More cuts will continue to happen to our staff until the state releases these funds.
Right now every staff member is wondering, am I next on the chopping block?
It will directly impact teacher retention and also our kids' educations.
Victor, Maryellen, Morgan, and Amy, if you truly stand with staff,
it's time to stand up to the state and stop letting them bully us.
Dr. Gerginski, KDISD staff, Rebecca and Dawn, Lance,
thank you for continuing to do what's right and to try to help. For those of
you who do not support public education, it's time to get on the bus or hire your
own charter bus and get off course. Thank you.
Jared Burton followed by Lisa Lister Brown. Hello board, my name is Jared
I'm Jared Burden. I'm a junior at Tompkins High School and president of the school's Gender and Sexuality Alliance Club.
February 11, 2023, Cheshire, England. Her name was Brianna Gay.
Described as unique and joyful by her mother, Brianna's life was tragically ended by two of her classmates who targeted her because of her identity.
Before luring her out to a park and stabbing her 28 times, the two classmates exchanged texts where they spoke about Brianna as if she were inhuman,
referring to her as it, and wondering if, quote, it would scream like a man or a girl.
Her two killers have now been sentenced to life in prison, but that does not come close to closure for Brianna's family, friends, and LGBTQ people all over the world.
In a recent parliamentary session, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made a jab at trans women while Brianna's mother was in the chamber, for which he refused to apologize.
Brianna was 16 years old.
February 7, 2024, Owasso, Oklahoma. Their name was Next Benedict.
Next loved reading and drawing, playing Minecraft and nature.
Next among all those other things deserve to live but that they were denied
that opportunity when they were brutally beaten on the bathroom floor at their
school by three longtime bullies. Next went to the hospital after school that
day was dismissed and rushed back the next morning after suddenly collapsing
at home and dying in the hospital. Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan
Walters when asked about next his death in an interview took the opportunity to
reaffirm his beliefs and stated that Oklahoma schools would not allow
allow students to use preferred names or pronouns that differ from their birth
sex. Next was also 16 years old. I hope each and every member of the board is
shaken to their core when they hear about these students deaths because if
you are not then I believe you are not fit to lead our school district. Last
year KDISD passed the gender fluidity policy which among other things outs
trans students if they request a staff member to refer to them with a different
name or different pronouns. Does that sound familiar? It is policies like this
that cultivate the rhetoric that trans children are abnormal, dangerous, or do
not exist altogether. It is this hate that kills. At a campaigning event last
week I asked candidate David Olson, who is running for the KDISD Board of
Trustees in the upcoming election, what he thought of the district's gender
policy in light of events like Brianna's and Nexus' deaths. He told me
students have access to the Speak Up app and can report incidents of bullying,
otherwise the district will not know about it. Do you see the issue here? The
The underlying problem is the hate that drives these incidents,
and the hate that this district fosters.
Speak Up would not have saved Breonna's or Nex's lives.
For as long as the district continues to feel this deadly hate,
our queer students will continue to feel unsafe in school.
To conclude my remarks, I would implore every member of the board
to read a touching and tragic Houston Landing article written
about a KDISD student who dropped out
and is dealing with severe negative impacts
that the gender policy had caused them,
written by Miranda Dunlap.
Mr. Perez, Ms. Tiemi, Ms. Calhoun, Ms. Cuzela,
please take a moment to look at the harm that you've caused.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Our last speaker is Lisa Lister-Brown.
My name is Lisa Lister-Brown,
and I'm here to address comment made by certain board members
that they do not wish to be regarded as aligned
with the Christian nationalist agenda.
Actions speak louder than words.
If you do things that align with the Christian nationalist agenda,
this community will rightly perceive you as people aligned
with the Christian nationalist agenda.
When you ignore Title IX rights and you railroad through anti-trans policies
and when you kowtow to the likes of Mums for Liberty in pushing
through book banning policies like the Communists do, like the Fascists do and
when you implement policies that demoralise librarians and teachers
undermining their ethics, their expertise and their experience and when you allow
them to be called groomers and accuse them of wanting to slice off the
genitals of students, this community sees that you are aligned with the Christian
nationalist agenda. When you refuse to reject Senate Bill 763 altogether and
instead adopt a resolution that allows the board to put chaplains into our
schools in the future when it's more politically expedient for you to do so,
the community sees that you are aligned with the Christian nationalist agenda.
When you show up at events and protest alongside the Proud Boys and the Nazis
is and when you're choosing innovative teachers of Texas over the TASB, the community sees
that you are aligned with the Christian nationalist agenda. And when you kowtow to Austin and
those who wish to dismantle public education and you do not push back against the pro-voucher
movement and you do not stand up in strong defence of the rights of all students to receive
receive a quality public education in a welcoming environment, this community sees that you are aligned with the Christian Nationalist agenda.
And when you are elected, on the back of campaigns and false and misleading mailers paid for by those aligned with the Christian Nationalist agenda,
and you're endorsing candidates who are backed by the same people
and when you're taking policy direction
from the organisation called Texans for Excellence in Education
with secret policy committees
and you're disingenuous in your social media contributions,
this community sees you are aligned with the Christian nationalist agenda.
So you can say you're not Christian nationalist all you want
but we're going to make our minds up based on what you do and who backs your
campaigns. Thank you.
So this concludes the open forum portion of the meeting and we're going to
convene in closed meeting in a moment as authorized under section 551.001
the Texas Government Code for the following purposes. Texas Government Code 551.071 and 551.074,
551.076 and 551.129. However, if it's okay with everybody, what we think we're going to do is
instead of waiting until after the closed meeting to consider 9.1, which is the naming of the
9.10 Consider Board approval of the naming of Katy High School Baseball field.
the baseball field, we're going to pull that out of the consent agenda and go ahead and
vote on that now.
If anyone has any questions or additional comments, Board members, before we vote, this
will be the time.
And then we'll take a vote on item 9.10, which is the naming of the Katy High School baseball
field.
not I'll take a motion mr. president I move that the Board of Trustees approves the naming of Katie
high school baseball field okay the motion the motion is made we have a second and it will now
proceed to vote. And the motion carries and the ayes have it. Congratulations.
We're delighted. Congratulations. Thank you. Mr. President, could we meet him?
him. Sure. That's it. You want to go ahead and I mean, I know him, but of course you want to go ahead and, uh, I'm sorry.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Can we take a photo?
Can we get a photo with him?
Take a picture with our board?
No, I think we should be here.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
6. Closed Meeting
Good evening.
The Board has just reconvened from closed meeting.
7. Reconvene from Closed Meeting
In accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code,
any action arising from discussions in a closed meeting must be taken in an open meeting.
Item 7.1, the first item, is to consider Board approval for employees who are being recommended
to receive one-year employee probationary contracts,
one-year employee dual assignment probationary contracts,
contracts, one-year employee term contracts, one-year employee dual assignment term contracts,
and two-year employee dual assignment term contracts for 2024-2025.
School year with the exception of those employees who have resigned or a decision has not been
made at this time concerning being recommended for a contract for termination or for a proposed
non-renewal.
Board members, are there any questions or discussion?
I will now entertain a motion for this item.
Mr. President.
Mr. President.
I move that the Board of Trustees approve for employees who are being recommended to receive a 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 2024-2025 school year,
with the exception of those employees who have been reassigned
or a decision has not been made at this time concerning being recommended
for a contract for termination or for proposed non-renewal.
I'll have a second.
Second.
Okay, it's been moved and seconded.
Mr. President, now may I have a comment?
Right.
So I was just wondering, we had our teacher fair on Saturday,
day and I'm wondering with the teacher shortage and everything that's going on how well attended
that was. Dr. Gorkorski I don't know if that's you or Mr. Schuss. I'm going to turn over to Mr. Schuss
whose team plans all that and handles it if you can give a quick update that'd be great.
Yeah actually thanks for the question we had a fantastic job fair almost a thousand people
came 981 to be exact so that that approaches pre-2020 numbers so that's that's a really good
sign and quite a bit more than we had last year and also we've heard i don't have any specific
numbers but that uh those numbers are uh are better than some of our uh neighboring job fairs
that have been happening so really really proud of the hr team and uh i think we're gonna get some
great people or there were a ton of interviews going on all day long at the job fair it was it
was awesome to see thank you very much just a testament to kdsd and everybody wants to be here
and the excellence that happens thank you thank you for that thank you will not proceed to vote
board members please record your vote on the screen via your keypad
the motions carried 7-0 thank you
8.1 House Bill (HB) 1605 Overview
Now we will go on to a report, which is item 8.1, and it's a report regarding House Bill HB 1605 overview.
And our presenter is Dr. Christine Kasky, Chief Academic Officer.
Thanks for being here.
Thank you.
Good evening, President Perez, Board members, and Dr. Gorski.
I'm pleased to be here this evening to provide an overview of House Bill 1605, which was
approved in the 88th legislative session.
I want to preface this presentation with the fact that this is a comprehensive bill impacting
eight legal policies, which is, I think, what prompted you to ask for more information on
this particular bill.
And there are many moving parts and rapid changes taking place as TEA is in the middle
of rule setting on multiple different pieces of this bill.
So I intend to keep this overview high level for you and focus on some of the impacts specifically to school districts at this time.
I'm going to start by setting the stage with a standards of going over what a standards based education is and expanding on how those pieces fit together to support our students and their learning process.
Here you can see that the instructional process starts with the standards or what we call in Texas.
the TEKS are the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills,
which are the foundation content
for all of our Texas public schools.
Next, we move to instructional materials,
which includes textbooks, software,
and other resources used in the classroom.
These materials are used by teachers
to teach those standards and or the content.
In 2011, Senate Bill 6 was passed,
which gave districts funding and the flexibility
flexibility in identifying and selecting instructional materials. House Bill 1605 returns control over that process back to the State Board of Education. So there's a shift here in instructional material selection from giving districts a lot of flexibility and freedom to the State Board of Education having a greater oversight of that process. I'm going to get into those details.
So breaking this down a little bit further, there's a growing body of research that points
to the positive impact of what we call high quality instructional materials.
And you're going to hear me refer to high quality instructional materials or HQIM.
There are a lot of acronyms with this bill, so just stick with me throughout this presentation.
But the impact that these materials have on student learning.
So TEA defines high quality materials as those that ensure full coverage or 100% of the TEKS, that they align with research-based instructional strategies in each subject or content area, and that they support all learners.
And as I said, this House Bill 1605 returns control over instructional materials back
to the State Board of Education, who will have authority to now vet and select these
HQIMs, or high-quality instructional materials, which will include a scope and sequence, units,
lesson plans, assessments, and content resources.
So they're a comprehensive resource for our teachers.
teachers.
As we know, teachers are the content experts who utilize the instructional materials to
bring meaning to the standards for their students, and it is crucial that they have the materials
and supports that they need from an instructional standpoint to ensure that students are given
exemplary learning experiences within our classrooms so that they are not only prepared
for state assessments, and I put that on the slide
because this is how Texas, or TEA,
measures student learning by that STAAR Test,
but also for their success in their endeavors
after they graduate from KDISD.
So while House Bill 1605 is designed to support
the standards-based approach to instruction
and it's heavily focused on instructional materials,
there are other key components to this bill
that impact local school districts.
districts. These are going to include additional funding, open education resources, an exception
to Proclamation 2024, which are the instructional materials that we will be bringing forward
for your approval next month, parent access, teacher time protections, updated reporting
mechanisms and the prohibition of the three-queuing methodology for phonics instruction.
instruction. This slide is a little busy, but just stay with me here as I kind of walk through the funding piece. So in the last legislative session, the instructional materials and technology allotment, which we sometimes refer to as IMA or IMTA was restored. And House Bill 1605 establishes two new foundation school program entitlements for the State Board of Education approved instructional materials. So now in addition to the IMTA,
allotment there will be two other
funding sources if you will so districts will receive an additional 40 dollars per student
for implementing state board of education approved high quality or hqim instructional materials
and an additional 20 dollars per student for the state board approved open education resources
which i'm going to touch on in a little bit so there are two additional uh funding streams
that you see here on the slide.
The State Board Instructional Materials,
approved Instructional Materials at $40 per student,
that fund stays there.
It will carry from year to year.
The additional $20 for the OER, Open Education Resources,
that money will be sitting in that bucket, if you will,
or that account, and it will go away if it's not used.
Next we'll look at the new process
for identifying and selecting Instructional Materials.
there comes another acronym acronym the state board of education is referring to this as the
mra or the instructional materials review and approval process so previously the state board
of education approved proclamations which identified the schedule of our textbooks
adoptions which are based on teak's revisions and with house bill 1605 that process no longer exists
anymore. So the State Board now has full authority of identifying the content areas and the schedule for TEKS revisions and materials that they will be reviewing and placed on the State Board of Education approved list. Additionally, materials will be reviewed and selected based on the State Board of Education identified criteria, which is outlined on this slide.
While some criteria remain the same, I'm going to point out a few differences here.
The quality review, you'll see up there, the second one, has two different components there.
We have the standards proficiency, but something new is the instructional design, and within the instructional design rubric, that takes care of the prohibition of the three-queuing model to ensure that no materials have that methodology.
The suitable and appropriate criteria that you see moving over to the right ensures that
there's no obscene or harmful criteria under SIPA and that the penal code is identified
as well to ensure that none of our instructional materials that will be on that State Board
of Education approved list will be in violation of those codes.
And then moving all the way to the right-hand side, you'll see the parent portal in which
publishers will be required to meet new transparency requirements for parents.
So a little bit more about this HQIM because this is the buzzword with this
new House Bill 1605. So one of the goals in the new process is to ensure the
adoption and the implementation of these high-quality instructional materials. So
we know that students benefit greatly when teachers have access to these types
types of materials. And for an example, our HMH literacy is a HQIM. That is a high quality
instructional material. It's not on the state list, and I'm going to get into that in a minute,
but that is an example of one because it includes all of those components. They ensure that teachers
have the content that is rigorous, that it is on grade level. It also supports the acceleration
of students who are behind, recognizing the importance of ensuring that these materials
are available to educators.
The legislator passed this bill,
establishing, again, this new process
to review and approve these types of materials.
So the districts and the formula funding
behind supporting these materials as well.
The State Board of Education
approved the quality IMRA rubrics
for K-3 and 4-8 English language arts and reading,
K-3 and 4-6 Spanish language arts and reading and K-12 mathematics at their January and February meetings.
So the State Board of Education has already determined that these are the areas, the first ones that they're going to be looking at.
These rubrics will be used to evaluate instructional material submissions for the inaugural MRA review cycle,
which will identify materials for the 2025-2026 school year.
So that's the timeline that we're looking at.
The State Board of Education will also identify what I said OERs, the open education resources,
utilizing the same EMRA process.
So all of the materials that are listed on the OER side will also have to meet those
same rubric criteria.
And House Bill 1605 has identified full subject Tier 1 instructional materials for English
language arts and reading and math in grades pre-kindergarten through eighth grade to be
be included in that process. I mentioned Proclamation 2024. So this proclamation was preserved in House Bill 1605, meaning that we are following our normal processes right now for adoption of instructional materials for the 2024-2025 school year. So our teams are nearing the end of that process right now. I don't know if you had a chance to go upstairs on the second floor, but you will see tons and tons of materials up there under review right now.
And we'll be bringing these recommendations for K through 12 science technology applications and several of our CTE courses next month for your review and your approval.
There's also no indication that science will be on the State Board of Education priority list at this time.
So that's just a nuance in the process.
When we start looking at those additional funds, we have no indication when science is going to come into play with the State Board of Education.
But that is Proclamation 2024.
The next area addressed in this bill is parent transparency.
So, publishers with materials approved by the State Board of Education will be required
to make the materials available to parents through a parent portal.
And we as a district in Katy will continue to allow this in-person access for parents
to our instructional materials at the campus level.
So, nothing changes in our practice as far as that's concerned.
Additionally, processes will be developed by which parents can request local reviews
of classroom instructional materials
in the foundation curriculum.
Again, we're waiting on rule setting
for many, many of these components of 1605.
Adjusting teacher time protections.
House Bill 1605 prohibits districts
from requiring teachers for a foundation curriculum
to use their biweekly planning time
to create or select instructional materials
to initially cover applicable essential knowledge
and skills for the course
unless there's a supplemental duty agreement in place with the district.
In terms of updated reporting requirements,
school districts will now be required to report the cost of instructional materials
used in the previous year to TEA.
So there are some changes in the reporting and TEAC certifications
that were required to submit to TEA.
And last but not least, and I think we've talked about this several times here in this boardroom,
that House Bill 1605 prohibits the use of the three-queuing method of phonics instruction.
This practice is not supported in our current adoption, and I believe that you all are well
aware of that. So in summary, this is a comprehensive bill with implications for
school districts moving forward with the selection of our instructional materials,
as well as other supports for our students and our parents in the educational process.
And again, that's a high-level overview of a 33-page bill.
And I don't have all the answers, but I'll be glad to address any questions that you
may have.
This is, I sit on a group of chief academic officers throughout the state.
We had TEA come and talk to us a couple of weeks ago.
I knew that this was coming, so I posed questions that they hadn't even thought about yet.
And so I've also been in collaboration with TEA on many of the nuances here, and they're waiting on a rulemaking and understand that some of these pieces have just got to be teased out.
So we don't have a lot of answers, but to the best of my ability, these are the big chunks or pieces that I felt like you needed to be aware of.
Questions?
Mr. President, I have questions.
I have a question.
Go ahead.
I was wondering on this, when we're talking about the instructional material, do you have an exact amount that you are thinking that we would benefit from this when implemented?
Do you know kind of around about what that cost or what that benefit would look like monetarily?
Sure.
The $40 per student I think generates about $3.8 million.
That does not cover an adoption.
Okay.
So our elementary literacy adoption, for example, K through 5, was over $10 million for implementation.
Okay.
And then the $20 extra per student, that's not?
It's about $2 million.
But you would have to dip into that pot of open education resources.
Okay.
And then so if you did both of them, the 40 and the 20, so you're looking at like around like $5 million.
Then you probably wouldn't do both.
You won't do both.
Okay.
And then, well, why?
You would have duplicative materials.
Okay.
I'm just trying to flush it all out. Okay, and then on the planning and non instructional duties of teachers
What does that exactly mean? Are they giving teachers time back to do planning or they're taking more time away? What does that look like?
So a teacher would not be required to create this initial planning
During their required 45 minute planning time
Really? It's not as as I delve into this there are so we have a district developed curriculum
There are a lot of districts that don't.
So teachers spend a lot of time because they don't have the resources that we do here.
We provide teachers with a curriculum.
We provide them with their unit plans.
We provide them with a plethora of resources.
There are many districts that do not do that.
So teachers are having to spend a lot of their time curating these materials.
And so in my conversations with CEA right now, that's typically, that's the intent, I believe, of this.
It came from the teacher task force.
So then if we have our own curriculum, would we just be kind of peer checking that along with the SBOE curriculum that they're recommending or that they're approving?
Or would we just be adopting their curriculum outright?
So they don't have it.
They set the teaks.
We develop the curriculum.
Okay.
So the standards are part of the curriculum.
Okay.
The curriculum is the overall piece with the pacing guides, the resources, all of the things packaged that include those standards that the state board sets.
Right.
Does that make sense?
Yeah.
No, it does.
Okay.
Okay.
Thanks.
Other questions?
Mr. President, may I please ask a question?
Sure, Pam.
I want to make sure I understood you, and also I want to make sure I understand you.
You said that HB 1605, I don't want to misquote you because maybe you didn't say it exactly like this,
but returns authorization of curriculum back to SBOE?
It's authorization of the selection of the instructional materials.
So the State Board of Education is going to be more heavily involved with the identification
of the instructional materials.
And if we were, as a district, were to adopt materials on the approved list, there's funding
that comes with that.
So, but when you, thank you for that, but what I'm missing is you said returns authorization,
authorization, but who used to have, you know, if it's a returning authorization to SBOE, who had it?
In the past, we did. So locally, yeah, so locally, we would vet the instructional materials, and
as we've learned through our literacy adoption, we had a literacy program that wasn't on a state list.
That's what we adopted. Does that make sense? So now, we're, our team is strictly looking at
things that are going to be on that vetted state board of education list because it's been vetted,
and there is a funding stream tied to it.
So something like that wouldn't happen,
that wouldn't have been able to happen then?
It didn't happen the way that we're leading curriculum instruction?
No, ma'am.
Thanks, that's a great clarification.
Could you, the question I asked,
could you walk me through, in one of your slides,
we have the $171.82 per student,
and then the $40 and the $20.
When does that kick in,
and what do we need to do to generate those?
Okay, so the first column, that is the IMTA allotment that is being restored.
So this is a biennial account, if you will, that's funded every two years.
And this account is what we use to primarily in Katy, we use this account to pay for our textbooks and our instructional materials and software.
So there is the legislator cut.
Chris might need to help me in my wording here.
they cut the per pupil allocation two years ago and they've restored that back so we will see that
that account will be made i guess whole again if you will and that's based on a per pupil amount
and we typically definitely spend that account out over those two years and will that be does
that kick in 24 25. that's been in place since 2011. maybe centerfield it's been in play for a
number of years they just increase it from 61 dollars to 171 is that how i'm reading that
they restored they restored it okay because it says 22 23 biennium 61 72 and then 20 24 25 171
that's correct that's what it used to be was 171.82 okay so they restored the 171 point yes
Yes.
Okay, and that will be annually?
Every two years, biannually.
Okay.
And then what about for the others, the $40,000 to the $20,000?
Right, so moving to the right, that next one is the $40 per student.
My understanding, I'm listening to the webinar, is that that money is going to come,
I don't know if Chris is for different in his meetings, that's going to come for next year.
But there are no materials to adopt yet because the State Board is still in the middle of their process.
and they will not have their materials identified until fall for implementation in 2025-2026.
Okay, and that is the high-quality materials?
That's correct.
Okay, that's the 100% TEKS materials?
Correct.
Yes, sir.
Okay.
The other ones, the SVOE-approved OER.
So those are free.
Those are free materials from the state.
Again, they also go through this high-quality checklist, if you will.
once they get identified they are free because the state of Texas they own the
materials the $20 per student is for print costs so these would be materials
that we would utilize for free and then we would get an allocation of $20 per
student because my understanding is we would outsource the printing that there
would be printing associated so not like textbooks okay but that those materials
Are used they were once in the high quality bucket?
Those know they're both so the high quality is the last two buckets okay, so are they 100% teak yes?
That's my understanding yes, sir, okay, mr.. President. There's no reason why we wouldn't
Do pursue one of those depends on the we have review teams we have teachers who look at these materials we have an extensive process
identifying materials
materials.
Okay, I'm sorry.
Go ahead.
Is there anything?
We will be evaluating those materials.
I can't sit here and tell you that we're going to adopt those materials.
Okay, right.
Typically, what's going to be more robust is going to be what's on that state board
approved list.
Okay, and what is it that we need to be doing as a district to prepare for all this?
Anything?
Is there anything?
Are we just waiting for those materials to be approved by the SPOE?
Yes, yes.
So I'm going to bring forward Proclamation 2024 to you next month.
That's for K-12 science, technology apps, and some CTE courses. They didn't follow that process.
This House bill said that we didn't do that for this adoption. So really we're coming into this new process.
So we're kind of on the front end, or actually we're watching it come into play, if you will.
So the State Board of Education has said, they've already identified that K-8 English language arts
and K-6 Spanish, ELAR, and K-12 math.
That's their first one out of the gate.
That's their content that they have identified.
So they right now are searching for reviewers.
They're soliciting around the state these reviewers
to review all of the publisher's materials to vet that alignment.
They will have established their list by the fall.
So come fall of 2024, the state list will have some things listed
in those content areas for adoption for the next year.
Ms. Timmy, I think you had a question.
Yeah, thank you.
Can we go back to this slide?
I misunderstood.
I think I maybe didn't hear you right,
but when you were answering more Trustee Calhoun's questions,
you said that you had to, I heard you, maybe I'm wrong,
but I thought you said SVOE approved instructional materials.
You would choose that or you would choose SVOE approved OER instructional materials.
Did I hear that wrong or did you?
And to be honest, I'm not going to know until the lists come out.
So there are different things on those lists.
Okay.
So we would have to evaluate do we need, I think now the question is do we need new instructional materials?
Okay.
So I don't know.
I'm just trying to figure it out because I thought you said you chose one or the other.
Do you remember saying that you would choose one or the other?
My understanding is I don't know why you would choose.
I haven't seen them yet, to be honest, because they're not out there.
So the teams will look at those things.
You know, if it makes sense to do both of them, then we would do both.
I don't understand why you would.
Okay, so my thinking is, like, I had a textbook, right, that I used to teach my lessons from.
And then I had an instructional coach that provided me, or a specialist, I think is what we call them at the time,
that provided me other supplemental activities like, you know, games, hands-on materials,
and ideas like that, so that weren't in, that supplemented for my students that needed extra
help. So I was just, I was thinking we would probably want to use both, but when you said
maybe we would choose one or the other. An HQIM includes all of those things you just mentioned.
So on both lists, the HQIMs are required to have all of those things that you just said.
Okay, okay. Okay, but are you still saying you just don't know or you're still saying sticking with you would choose one or the other the $40 per student or the $20?
I'd have to look to see number one what we're adopting.
Okay.
We've identified as an instructional need.
Okay.
Then we would go to those lists. We would look at both lists.
Okay. Can you give me an example of an instructional material as defined on this and then give me an example of an approved OER instructional material?
Okay, so what else? I know we're doing some, I know we're doing hypotheticals, so if you can't,
that's fine. It's not really hypothetical. So an instructional material is right here.
So this is an HQIM. It's going to have... What slide is that? The first one?
I'd have to go count. I don't know. I'm trying to find it. Okay, I think I found it. Okay.
So it's, for example, our HMH adoption is a high quality instructional material,
material. All right. It's 100% coverage of the TEKS. We have evidence-based best practices.
Sure. Instructional practices. There are scaffolds and supports in there for your gifted learners,
students with disabilities, English language learners. There is progress monitoring embedded.
We have a mirror right now in our elementary HMH. Right. There are implementation supports,
which is what you're talking about right those supplemental types of things their parent letters in there
There are manipulatives in there sure they're guiding posters in there if you will and
They have teacher and student facing lesson plans a big piece of this is the lesson plans are there okay?
Okay, so back to that
Back to slide eight when it's set when you said you probably in your estimation of course you don't know what it looks like yet
but you might think we would choose one or the other and then you said the $20
was for print okay so would it and in your understanding but we would have to
opt in so that teachers could have the ability to to print those items that
piece is being worked out if you look at the bottom left-hand corner only cost
associated with printing the State Board of Education and these are TEA slides as
a matter of fact State Board of Education approved open-ended resources
resources, state-owned instructional materials. So the $20 is only to be used for printing.
Okay. So will a teacher have access to that in a KDISD, even if we don't necessarily
adhere to it? If it's posted on the TEA website, it's a free material.
If it's free, yeah. Okay. And then do you have any idea, like, the history of why there's been
a shift from like districts having that control or that freedom to now the svoe
i mean in part of the webinars that i've listened to part of the trainings that i've listened to a
lot of this is coming from the teacher task force um that was put into play i don't have all the
statistics here on the numbers of that but you know teachers had expressed that they were spending
an exorbitant amount of time like i said curating all of these materials so when you look at this
high quality materials part of that is to do that lift for the teacher so i'm not having to create
lesson plans i'm not having to go find all of the resources it's packaged right here so to the best
of my understanding through the webinars that i've been listening to those are slides that do come up
as kind of a preamble to the presentations that this is where this is coming from the teacher
the teacher time task force can i make one more comment i'm just curious another question um
So with what you're saying, I know we said that they're not necessarily giving anything
back to the teachers, but when we hear from teachers that their lesson planning time is
taken away from them and that they don't have time to do a lot of things that they need
to, if we were to adopt these approved instructional materials with the approved printing cost,
then that would give some time back in essence that's been taken from them for one reason
or the other if we went with these these yeah these SBOE approved materials HQIM
HQIM so if we went with those then in essence we actually would be giving
time back time back and then and this is just a guess but if they're pushing for
this $20 per student for printing if that's what we're calling it for the
the printing, then is that, how does that jive with our one-to-one? So, because we're really
pushing for a more technology-based with our Chromebooks that we're trying to do, but this
seems like they're wanting to really kind of go towards paper and pencils rather than technology
based. Is that? I absolutely agree. Is that a good understanding? That's my understanding as well.
And a question that I have as well.
Okay, so is that a potential response to some complaints that we've heard from parents about the overuse of technology?
And so this could potentially, could that be something that maybe you could ask or dig into?
Is this potentially a gimme back to the parents of like, hey, we hear you and we're responding to you in terms of,
we understand that you want your kids to not be as dependent upon technology,
and we would like to provide the funding and the support to be responsive to that.
Would you agree with that assessment, or do you feel like that that's off base?
I think we would need more time to investigate what these materials are and what the print cost is for.
What are we printing?
Okay.
I don't know.
You know what I mean?
That's something that the team would evaluate to determine if that is something that we would want to pursue instructionally in KDIC or not.
Okay.
Okay. And then, so I know that we use HMH for our reading materials. What do we use for our math?
You already got me on that one. Math. What?
Envision.
Envision. Okay.
We have a lot of instructional materials.
But they would be focused on the English and the writing first. That was, I did hear you correctly.
But we have already adopted that as their first one.
Which we've already adopted a new one, but they're hyper-focused on that.
But then we also have this provision in here that we're not going to,
we're going to be, I guess, grandfathered into the 2024 adoption of that or no?
So I've asked that question.
So what happens if HMH responds as a publisher and gets put on the list?
And what I've been told is they would have to submit the same ISBN,
if you're familiar with the technicality.
Definitely not.
So you're going to have to style it for me.
Basically, they would have to submit the same addition.
Okay.
So if HMH were to say, let's say we adopted, I'm just making this up,
addition number five, and they submitted to the State Board of Education
addition number seven.
But here's the thing, too, we've already purchased ours.
Right.
So we can't retroact it.
No.
Okay.
Okay.
But they also have K-12 math,
and that's part of our strategic design moving forward as well.
And so I think we have some opportunity there.
It's not enough for an adoption anyway. It's 3.8 million.
We paid over 10 million for literacy K-5.
You mentioned the math timing is when?
K-12. That is on the State Board of Education's list of vet materials now for K-12 math.
Okay, when?
Now.
Okay.
The State Board will have their list in the fall of 2024, this fall.
When will that be up for adoption for KDISD?
We'll see there's no more proclamations.
So if we follow this State Board of Education, right, we would be looking at math this next year.
Potentially.
They're probably back here.
Am I right?
Next year.
Next year.
2026.
There you go.
2026.
2026.
We'll be looking for implementation.
So when would we decide on the material?
2025.
2025.
So 2024, 2025.
2026.
You want to come up here?
For implementation.
for implementation or deciding on trying to read lives back there
good evening so the original proclamation dates have been moved
because we don't have proclamations anymore so 2026 is when we will be
reviewing those materials oh okay so 2020 so that school year of 2025 20 25 20 26. okay great thank
you i'm glad you walked up to tell us that yeah i'm sorry about that that's all right
mr president go ahead uh ms fox dr bell it might hang out because i don't know about this
I just want to bring some more clarity for me and maybe for those listening about the HQIMs and the additional monies.
And they're going to provide all of the curriculum.
They're going to provide all of the help pieces, all of the add-ons.
So now teachers have more time for planning.
So they write lesson plans.
Do they put the manipulatives in the bags for kids?
Do they like how does that give teachers back more time to plan?
I just want to make sure we're not promising something that might not happen because you can put it all together.
You can say which steps teachers still have to prepare to deliver it to children.
Is that true?
So I can use our current example from HMH.
We have given teachers two protocols.
The focus is on lesson internalization because the lessons are outlined in the teacher resource.
It has the TEKS, it has the questions to ask, it has the activities, it has the script.
So they're not creating that.
They spend time really internalizing that lesson, developing their teacher moves, working
with their teams to rehearse the lesson.
So the two protocols we've given them, they don't have to create anything, but you do
have to practice the lesson.
You have to know it.
You have to know when you may need to make some different moves for your particular students.
So that's where the time-saving piece is, as opposed to you have your standards and you have maybe several activities that you can choose from that you take the time to say, hey, let's talk about this one.
I want to use this.
What do you guys think about that?
Everything is already set in the HQIM.
The script is there.
You just have to spend the time really getting familiar with the content in that HQIM.
And maybe printing the activities that children will do and and you know getting them ready on the desk and stuff like that.
Which is more like preparation. More prep than it is, so that's not teacher planning time. Right. That to me when I think about planning
it's like really laying out
step A, B, C, but you still have preparation. So it's like if you get ready for a meeting,
you prepare the agenda, you prepare and think through what you'll do during that meeting,
but then you have to set the room up for the meeting and make sure the tables are where they
need to be and you have all the materials. And so that's a part of delivering the lesson.
Those things are still going to have to be done. But if the lift from really having to pull
together everything is already done for you and the resource that you're using, that is a time saver.
I remember when we went to the automated curriculum across the district, zip code to zip code, and how
thankful teachers were that it came in, like one school wasn't doing one all over. So that did save
a lot of time, but our teachers still are like, planning time is used for this meeting and that
meeting, and so I just want to make sure that when we say, yes, you're going to, we're giving you, this
this is going to give you back your planning time,
that they don't have an expectation of,
why am I having to do anything?
They said it was gonna be all done for me.
So that's where I was just looking for some clarification
that teachers don't expect.
It's like, well, who's putting stuff together?
Who's printing it off and stapling it
and all those things, right?
So that's where my questions came from.
And we don't know what the materials are even yet.
And my understanding with the OER
are is that these are state owned curriculum curricula so hmh would like they had one for
language didn't they that we looked at and chose something else correct there and they're on the
tea website right now all of the open education resources that came as a response of from covet
and so these resources were kind of brought in developed in tea we spoke about one during the
the literacy implementation.
They own it, they can update it, they can change it.
It lives online, and so the materials,
it would be considered like our literacy materials,
the OERs, they have them for different content areas
and different subjects.
So when you're looking at the state board OER
instructional materials, they're just online.
Anybody can access those.
You can access those right now.
But it's lots of printing, right?
So as opposed to maybe a hard copy, which I would imagine be the $40 one,
because that comes packaged, printed, and ready.
So OER is available online.
Go look at it today.
The other pieces, you would have to purchase those and have the physical copy.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Anything else?
Just one more quick question.
Can parents go and look at these OER materials now?
Yes.
Yes, they're online.
So if you Google Texas TEA Open Educational Resources,
it has the list of what they are by subject, by grade.
They have different ones for different, primarily reading and math,
but they're on the website.
What's the website again?
On the TEA website.
Okay.
I would just Google TEA Open Education Resources,
and it will have the list of the resources that are there.
Thank you so much.
No problem.
Mr. President, I may have a clarification question.
question, would you define what 3Qing is for people who might not know?
Sure.
So 3Qing is where you give students a picture and you may have the pig is pink and you ask
the kid to read the words, but the picture is there.
So you don't necessarily know if the student knows the words or they know that the pig
is pink.
and then it may have on the next page a different picture with different words
and so you're utilizing the picture possibly some repetition of the same
words to instruct the student to read whereas really ensuring that they know
that the letters have sounds and you blend the sounds together to make words
so this new HB 1605 says no more 3q use cues and imply and hope they get it
Yes, so and teaching phonetically the sounds of
Letters and how words are put together correct, which is why we have the state phonics approved list
Thank you
Anything else on that? Thank you very much. Appreciate your presentation. Thank you
Okay, we're gonna move on now to the full consent agenda
9. Consent Items
And this is where consent agenda include items that were discussed and considered at the previous work study board meeting, as well as items of recurring nature.
The board shall be furnished with background material for each item.
Consent agenda items shall be grouped together under one action item.
All items shall be acted upon by one vote without separate discussion unless a board member requests that an item be withdrawn.
drawing for individual consideration. This is for BE legal and BE local. And I think
I'm going to go ahead and pull out one item that I think maybe we need some additional
discussion or to give the board members additional ability to discuss or ask questions. Because
I know last time we had in 9.7 on the KD to your high contract, we had a board member
had some questions or consternation, if you will,
and kind of working through the selection criteria
when the price was like 110,000 lower than the,
the second bidder came in 110,000 lower, I think,
and they only lost the bid by something like .75.
So I know we had a lot of discussion about that,
and I understand that that's all in accordance
with Texas government code in terms of and that's how we put out the bid if you
will was using that criteria you know the ranking the 30 30 30 10 etc and per
government code so I understand that I think it may be behoove us maybe at some
point in the future to have a I don't know maybe a little workshop with board
board members that want to attend to discuss some of this criteria and how we go about
it and also just to see if board members had any input or questions regarding to the procedure
and the criteria and the ranking and who's involved and how it works and just kind of
really go through that because I think there was a lot of concern of trying to hold costs
down and get the best possible price, but we recognize that there's other criteria that
that are being used in the rankings, if you will,
as far as performance and safety issues
and also goods and services being provided,
do they match up with the district needs.
So I think there was a bit of confusion
or consternation on that, wondering,
hey, it seems like if we're only .75 below
the number one guy, that the lower price
at $110,000 would really carry a lot of weight,
but one sees how this is weighted with the rankings and all that,
but it still, if you will, it kind of creates doubt, if you will,
in terms of the price being so much lower.
$110,000 on a $600,000 or $700,000 project is pretty significant.
So anyway, I just bring that up,
but I don't know if anybody has any other questions on that.
Mr. President, I would appreciate a procurement workshop for the board.
It can be for whoever wants to attend, related to how we do that.
Any other questions?
Mr. President, I have a question about that.
Are you suggesting we do a procurement workshop before we vote on this?
No.
Okay.
I'm just asking.
No, no, no, no.
No.
I pulled that out just to make sure we had, if we had any other questions or just wanted to make that statement related to the issues that we had that we brought up last week in terms of just concerns with the disparity in price.
But yet, having the number one winner, if you will, just be a hair over the second one because of the qualitative or subjective factors.
Mr. President, are we going to vote on the rest of the consent agenda and then discuss
this item or are we going to discuss it?
That's all the comments I wanted to make.
We could, if you all want, we can just vote on them all at once right now.
You said you were pulling it off.
You pulled it off to discuss.
Okay.
Well, if you want to vote on it now, we can vote on it.
I have a question.
Yeah, go ahead.
So, are you saying that the, I mean, this is a sealed bid proposal.
proposal. Let's do this. Miss Fox, if you don't know it's it's it's it's it's at risk. Can we do this? You've Mr Perez has said let's pull this one agenda item off any other agenda items I want to pull off. If not, let's do a motion on the consent agenda with that one item pulled off and then we will have done all the business and we can talk about this. This one agenda item. If y'all are comfortable with this, we could vote on the one item we pulled out and then vote on the other.
all the consent items after that as well that's fine if you'd like to do that yeah yes order
president let's do that let's do that because we're on that topic go ahead mr redmond i didn't
get to ask my question i was going to make the motion to pull those things off and move forward
okay go ahead okay i move that the board of trustees approves the consent agenda for items
9.1 through 914 except for items 910 and 9.7 which has been removed from the consent agenda
Okay, I have a motion. I have a second.
Second.
Go ahead and take a vote on that motion to approve all the items except for 9.7.
So indicate your vote on the screen.
Okay, so everything's passed on the consent agenda.
No, no, no, we voted on pulling it out.
Your motion, no, your motion was on approving everything other than 9.7.
Oh, okay.
Okay, right.
I'm sorry.
So the motion is carried.
So different consent agenda has been approved.
9.7 Consider Board approval of a contract for the renovation to Katy Junior High School.
We still have 9.7 that got pulled out.
Any further discussion or comments on 9.7?
Mr. President, I have a question.
Fox.
When you said that they're very close to each other, why did they choose one?
If this is a competitive sealed bid, are you saying that it's okay for the purchasing department or the construction department to just, I know it's a bid, I know it's concealed, but it's close, so I'm going to choose the one I want.
No, I never said that.
I'm saying that the question was related to making sure we understand how the system works.
works in terms of the rankings what goes into them who's doing the ranking and how do we how do we
um you know kind of some consternation or question related to a system where uh the uh the bid that
number two bid is uh cheaper by 110 000 but yet we have other subjective bids that uh that exceeded
that that caused the number one bidder to win i'm not saying that we fudge it and say no let's go
go with number two. No, I'm not saying that at all. Okay, the questions I heard
implied that to me, and that's on me. So what you're saying
from last week when I was thinking through that too, but
I didn't bring it up then. So what you're saying is you want
to discuss it now to say you want to have a procurement meeting,
talk about how that's done, and maybe make modifications to the scoring process
or what? I don't know. Let's have the
Let's have the workshop.
Let's have basically drill down into how these bids work, and then we'll go from there.
To change the subjective nature pieces?
I don't know.
I don't know what the answer is going to be.
I just want a better understanding of how it's done.
Mr. President, I'm not looking to change anything.
I just think it would behoove us to just start with basically understanding the process a little bit better.
and if we find that once we understand the process better but we need to change it then we can
discuss it then but i'm not i'm just saying i think it we're talking about the taxpayer dollars
and we it it is my responsibility personally as a board member i feel to be very um attuned and
astute on how the dollars are allocated that's the my promise so i that's and and you know what
if you don't want to come you don't have to but i feel like i need you think i've never said that
i never said that don't put words in my mouth i'm not trying to put words in your mouth
but i'm just saying i would like to be fully educated and understand the process more so that
we don't have you know if there's anything we can do to prevent the situation we're in now
and that's not that would be i think the taxpayers would appreciate that understand that the new
new trustees need an understanding of how things work. I've done it 18 years. I understand the
process. I get that. I just was making sure that we weren't asking them to make a decision based
on subjective nature. And I'm not sure with the super, Dr. Gorgorski, is this a school board
decides how the sealed bids work and how the procurement department decides? Is that a trustee
role or is that an administrative role I'm not a lawyer but I would say the
trustees have that authority should they want to exercise it within the law if
this board decided they wanted to look at the law in a ward more percentage for
price over the others I believe the trustees have that authority to do so so
I just want I just want to add one thing so okay there's new trustees that want
want to make sure they understand how this works and get the most bang for the
east dollar from for the taxpayer and then there's trustees that have been
here a long time that is very used to it that they just go okay just check the
box just check the box no we want to we're going to ask the questions and we
want to know how it works and and what's happening with the new trustees yes
there are questions and so it's healthy to have these questions there's nothing
wrong with that also mr president i would just say that from the letter that we received on friday
from council it stated that we voted on this process in december 2023 well i regret that i
was not fully i feel like i wasn't fully informed on the process that we voted on so i'm trying to
to rectify that by asking for a procurement workshop.
I don't.
I don't object to it at all.
I understand.
Well, I don't think it's because I'm new.
I think it's just because I take my volunteer position
very seriously, that's all.
And to quote you, you said you didn't understand
how it works.
So I don't object to a procurement workshop
to understand it.
I just wanted to clarify that we weren't going,
Why didn't you choose number two when it was so close? Those are the that's the question that I had
Questions about they can't choose number two because it's close because that's not
All of in text. I'm sorry. Did you want to interrupt?
Continue thank you
That's not full of integrity, and it's not honest, but if we want to make a change
We'll make a change and I understand the workshop
I was trying to make sure that you weren't insinuating that they should choose well. It's really close, and that's considerable money
So we should make a different decision
I think what happens is it creates the question it creates the question when you see
When you see the the lowest the highest bidder
the lowest bidder in terms of price and
How it works exactly I think creates the questions nothing wrong with asking the question okay, mr.. President
Ms. Cuzela.
MS.
I just wanted to – my motivation in asking clarification is not just for my own
responsibility as a trustee, particularly in the climate of cost, but also for the public.
We owe it to them who fund this bond, how we're spending and how that works.
So I also ask questions for them.
MS.
Thank you.
I'm not objecting to the question, Ms. Cuzela.
I thought your questions were good.
I was, just to reiterate, my concern was when you said,
why didn't you choose number two when it was so close?
And they don't get to choose number two,
because there's a process.
So if we're gonna change the process, I get it.
Actually, Mr. Redman had a really good synopsis
of how the whole thing works.
I don't know if you'd be willing to share
what you said about this piece and the next piece
and the people they work with.
It was very eye-opening a very informative if you want to share what you shared last week
Sure
It's just dangerous always to go with the lowest bidder and there's so many things that go into it a multi-million to twenty eight and a
half million dollar job
With cost performance what needs for the district? There's a much different
job of building a brand new school or remodeling the school and so to send
send Engineers in and to figure out is this a load-bearing wall what's going on here those
are all different skill sets needed for a contractor and some contractors are great
at building a brand new school and some are really good at um remodeling hence the reason
we use this construction manager at risk compared to a competitive sealed bid so I think those would
all be things that a uh procurement workshop would help inform the board to understand why
why those things matter.
Mr. President, may I please ask something?
First of all, Mr. Redman, I appreciate what you're saying,
and I also respect the fact that you're kind of in this business a little bit,
and so you understand that.
But just as a person that has had just a home remodel done,
you know, as a person, you get bids and all that,
but you don't just go buy the money of it you go by you know we we got a more expensive pool
because we found out that the other pool people that were cheaper took longer and it was a
nightmare at their house and instead of taking six weeks it took six months and so forth and so on um
so there's a timeline this is this is what kind of concerns me we approved the bond we approved
the money and now there's a timeline and if it's kind of like dominoes and
everything else has to happen you know this has to happen then that has to
happen then this has to happen and this could all offset the beginning of school
starting just you know you have to start now so you can work in the summer so
that they will be done by the beginning of the school year such and such as such
as such so that's my fear I know that we have voted on the process whether or not
we didn't understand the process or not and maybe I don't even understand the process that well so I
would like a procurement thing also but that's not going to be mandatory for me to make a decision on
this so because this process has worked in the past we've spent the money wisely in the past
and all the other schools that we've built there's a whole bunch of other schools that have been
built before we even got here so i just appreciate the fact that we already have this here and
mrs casman and her team are proficient at doing this i don't doubt that she i hear her in so many
meetings saying oh we cut costs here we cut costs there and she does a really good job at telling us
at every meeting where she's cut cost and where she can put it back into the into the money and
And, you know, I mean, one time we built Campbell Elementary with extra money.
So I'm just saying I'm ready to vote on this, and I would like the workshop also.
Mr. President.
I was ready to vote 10 minutes ago, but except for the back and forth we've been having here,
no one is saying we need to always take the cheapest.
That's not what anyone's saying.
I think it's healthy.
I think it's healthy to ask the questions as we go forward as we look at these projects. It's healthy to ask questions
It's not like we have any lack of confidence and miss Casman
We absolutely have a lot of confidence total confidence with our experience, etc
But I think it's healthy to ask the questions and if we don't understand, you know, why is this?
You know, why do we like this one better than the other besides it ranking etc?
What's the experience this contractor's had versus the other, etc.?
I think we can ask those things and be perfectly happy with going through that process together.
Mr. President, I would just like to echo the sentiment.
I think it's more of a transparency issue than it is anything.
I don't doubt Ms. Kastman's ability.
I'm continually impressed every time she gets up here and the way she's able to rattle off all of these numbers.
and woman knows what she's talking about.
I don't think there's any question to that.
But our taxpayers don't always understand the process.
And for us to be able to speak intelligently to that
allows a little bit more transparency and accountability,
not that there is anything that you're trying to hide.
I'm definitely not accusing anyone of that.
But what I am saying is it just allows us as Board of Trustees,
as representatives of those who put us here to speak to that in a more intelligent way.
And I would appreciate that procurement workshop.
I think that it would be great.
I know that we have members of the board that have been here for a really long time,
but sometimes even that doesn't always answer the questions to the degree that that kind of workshop would be able to do,
along with Ms. Kastman speaking as intelligently as she is to help us understand that more fully.
So thank you for that. I appreciate it. Thank you any other comments or questions if not, mr. President
I just want to clarify one thing. I have been here a long time. I did the homework
I figured that out how that worked
I'm not checking any box to check a box because I've been here a long time that you accused me of doing I
Trust the process because I understand it and because it worked and we are very successful our our
teams mrs. Cassman
and Mr. Vierling, all of them, incredibly successful at what we do.
And so I trust the process.
Okay.
Mr. President, I move.
Well, first of all, I want to recognize Mr. Vierling, too,
because I think he does a great job with overseeing this as well.
But I move that the Board of Trustees approves a contract for the renovation to Kitty Junior High School.
Second.
We have a second.
We have a second?
Second.
Okay, we have a second.
We've got a motion and a second.
and if you would please proceed to vote please record your vote on the screen
via your keypad okay the motions carry 7 oh so nine point seven is approved and
now we have information items more committee updates I'll just speak for
10.1 Board Committee Updates
for the finance committee, and that is we met the week before the work study committee,
the work study meeting with Mr. Smith and his staff and reviewed the presentation, reviewed
where the status of the budget at this point in time at that meeting.
That was basically the purpose of that meeting, to review the monthly financials as well as
the um the budget and the status of that at this early stage i don't think that the um
miss Cuzela i don't think the policy committee had a meeting this past month that is correct
um so the teacher retention mean we have a meeting on wednesday
and we're starting to focus in on three different areas that we can look to um
address things for teachers and we not ready to bring that to the board but we
will be very soon
I have a question about the teacher retention committee since I'm not on the
committee obviously but have y'all talk to teachers yet on an ongoing basis we
talk to teachers all the time during the committee
no not doing the committee what do you mean in the committee meeting
No.
And the Academic Performance Committee we have not met since we have our quarterly meeting.
Correct, Mr. Redman?
Okay.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT- Thank you.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT- May I ask a question?
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT- Okay.
Oh, can I just give an update more?
So we had did develop an internal survey that we are
Implementing each one individually so we have quite a plethora of teachers across all spectrums that we've been speaking with
We have any
Any any requests for information
Mr. President I didn't
gather that we did unless i'm missing something from someone that i did i miss anything i didn't
i don't i didn't hear anything i didn't either uh the next uh meeting will be a work study
11. Future Meetings
meeting on april 15 2024 and then the regular board meeting is april 22nd 2024. there being
of further business for the board this meeting is adjourned the time is 8 15. thank you
Official documents
Motions and votes
Recorded actions
MOTION 001 · AGENDA 7.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves for 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 2024 - 2025 school year with the exception of those employees who have resigned or a decision has not been made at this time concerning being recommended for a contract, for termination or for proposed non-renewal.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 002 · AGENDA 9.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the District's March 2024 budget amendments.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 003 · AGENDA 9.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the District's January 2024 Financial statements
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 004 · AGENDA 9.3
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the engagement letter appointing Whitley Penn, LLP to perform the annual financial audits and to review the Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports for the years ending August 31, 2024, and August 31, 2025.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 005 · AGENDA 9.4
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the campus staffing plan for the 2024 - 2025 school year as recommended by the superintendent.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 006 · AGENDA 9.5
PassedIt is recommended the Board approve of the renewal of the Texas Association of School Boards(TASB) Risk Management Fund Casualty Program for Plan Year 2024-2025.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 007 · AGENDA 9.6
PassedKaty ISD’s administration and Technology Operations department are recommending that the Board adopt these resolutions which allows the District to participate in the State of Texas Cybersecurity Grant Program in the following areas: Assessment and Evaluation Projects, Mitigation Projects, and Workforce Development Projects.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 008 · AGENDA 9.7
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees awards a contract to Anslow-Bryant Construction, Ltd. for the renovation to Katy Junior High School for a fee not to exceed 2% of the cost of the work including pre-construction services totaling $20,000.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 009 · AGENDA 9.8
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees awards a contract to Stewart Builders, LLC. for the Katy High School band and orchestra building, Katy High School renovations, Cimarron Elementary School, and Nottingham Country Elementary School renovations for a fee not to exceed 2.2% of the cost of the work including pre-construction services totaling $50,000.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 010 · AGENDA 9.9
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves and awards the contract for track repairs and resurfacing at Seven Lakes High School, Obra D. Tompkins High School, Morton Ranch Junior High School, West Memorial Junior High School, and WoodCreek Junior High School to Beynon Sports Surfaces, Inc., utilizing Buy Board No. 641-21 in the amount of $2,185,330.00 with a total project cost not to exceed $2,332,389.90.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 011 · AGENDA 9.10
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the naming of Katy High School baseball field.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 012 · AGENDA 9.11
PassedThe District recommends that the title and ownership of the trailer be transferred to the Booster Club. Once this is complete, the trailer will not be insured by the District, nor will the trailer be transported or moved by District staff or contractors.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 013 · AGENDA 9.12
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the proposed changes to Board Policy FMH(LOCAL).
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 014 · AGENDA 9.13
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves a low attendance waiver as recommended by administration.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |
MOTION 015 · AGENDA 9.14
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes for the February Board meetings.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| amy-thieme | Yes |
| dawn-champagne | Yes |
| lance-redmon | Yes |
| mary-ellen-cuzela | Yes |
| morgan-calhoun | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
| victor-perez | Yes |