[1. Notice and Return]
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>> THE TIME IS 4:15 P.M. GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOND WORKSHOP OF THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES. IF YOU ARE ABLE,
[2. Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance]
PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.>> THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE EITHER PHYSICALLY PRESENT AND A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.
>> THE VAUN TRUSTEES ARE PHYSICALLY PRESENT OR ONLINE, AND THE FORM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THIS LOCATION.
PARTICIPATING IN PERSON, TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 1, LANCE CURRY, DISTRICT 2, SARAH WEINBERG, DISTRICT 3, DAN MICKEY, DISTRICT 4 PRISMA GARCIA.
I BELIEVE TRUSTEE SANDERS IS ONLINE, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES. TRUSTEE SANDERS IS JOINING US BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.
WE HAVE A TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 6, TRUSTEE FOREMAN, TRUE FOR DISTRICT 7, BEN MACKEY, OUR SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOL, DOCTOR STEPHANIE ZALE JOINS US NAME JOE CAPRIO AND TRUSTEE FOR DISTRICT 8 AND BOARD PRESIDENT.
IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I WANT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ORDERY FASHION, AND ASK THE PUBLIC TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OUTLINE OF BOARD POLICY, BED LOCAL PERTAINING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH THE INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE, AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHERS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT WHAT THEY SAY COULD VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS IN THE LAW OF DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY, AND IF THEY ARE ENSURE THE LEGAL EFFECTS OF THEIR REMARKS, THEY MAY WANT TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE PRIOR TO THE UTTERANCE.
ANY PERSON BECOMES BOISTEROUS, DISRUPTIVE, OR FAILS TO ABIDE BY THESE RULES.
BUT THIS ASSEMBLY, WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD OR WHILE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, SHALL BE ASKED TO LEAVE, FAILURE TO LEAVE QUEST TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN THE PERSON BEING ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING AND SUBJECT TO ARREST.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW TURN TO ENGINE ITEM 2.02, RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THE AUDIENCE.
I DO NOT SEE ANY FOR THIS PARTICULAR MEETING, SO TRUSTEES WILL TURN TO AGENDA ITEM 3,
[3. Discussion Item]
3.01, THE BOND 2026 PLANNING AND BOARD WORKSHOP, SUPERINTENDENT.>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARRON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TODAY TO FACILITATE A WORKSHOP.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO OUTLINE OUR PROCESS.
I'M PLAYING TEACHER, AND I'M LETTING YOU KNOW HOW THE LESSON PLAN IS GOING TO GO.
THEN YOU CAN EVALUATE US AFTERWARDS.
FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES, WE WILL HAVE OUR CHIEF OF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, BRENT ALFRED, WILL LEAD THE OVERALL PRESENTATION, WHICH WILL BE A SUMMARY OF ALL THAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE OCTOBER OF 2024.
ROUGHLY JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.
THEN APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES AND GROUPS OF THREE BE ABLE TO INTERACT SPECIFICALLY WITH EACH OF THREE TOPICS AND CHIEFS.
THERE WILL BE TO MY RIGHT, WE WILL HAVE CHIEF EDUARDO RAMOS, OUR CFO, WHO WILL HAVE DISCUSSION WITH THREE TRUSTEES AT A TIME REGARDING FINANCES AND THE BOND AND QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
AT THE TABLE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US OR IN THE CENTER, WE WILL HAVE OUR CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, DAVID BATES, ALONG WITH OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, ANGIE GAYORD, WHO WILL HELP WITH STUDENT EXPERIENCES, AS WELL AS ATHLETICS, SINCE THAT IS ONE OF HER NEW NEWLY ASSIGNED PROJECTS NOW.
THAT AGAIN, WILL BE A DIFFERENT GROUP OF THREE.
THEN THE FINAL GROUP, WHICH WILL BE A GROUP OF THREE TRUSTEES WILL BE I'M SORRY, I SAID THIS IS DAVID BATES.
THIS WILL BE CHIEF BRENT ALFRED, AND HE'LL TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BOND, AND BOND ISSUES, ALONG WITH TECHNOLOGY, AND CHIEF MARLIN HARRISON, WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY HIM.
AT EACH OF THOSE TABLES, WE WILL HAVE A STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL TAKE NOTES.
BUT YOU WILL ALSO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL SHEET, AND YOU MAY HAVE ONE ALREADY AT YOUR PLACE.
IF YOU WOULD SIMPLY JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THAT OUTLINES,
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WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED WAS THE MIDDLE PORTION OF OUR FACILITATION, WHICH ARE THE TRIADS.YOU WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS PARTICULAR SHEET, IF YOU LIKE TO TAKE SOME NOTES.
WE WILL CONCLUDE WITH EACH OF YOU BEING ABLE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US FOR ABOUT THREE MINUTES EACH, BETWEEN 530.
IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT SINCE WE'RE GETTING STARTED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
BUT FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, I WILL INVITE EACH TRUSTEE TO SHARE THOUGHTS FROM ANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS, ANY OF THE COMMENTS, OR ANY OF THE INFORMATION FROM ANY OF YOUR OWN MEETINGS THAT YOU HELD IN YOUR DISTRICT AS WELL.
AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION, THEN WE'LL DO INDIVIDUAL GROUPS SO YOU CAN INTERACT WITH CHIEFS.
THEN WE WILL HAVE A SHARE OUT THAT YOU CAN SHARE ONE OR TWO THINGS.
BUT JUST TO ORIENT YOU TO THIS PARTICULAR FEEDBACK TOOL, THE TRIANGLE IS TO HELP US IT'S THREE SIDES TO A TRIANGLE.
WHAT ARE THE THREE KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE? THE SQUARE, WHAT ARE THINGS THAT YOU ARE HEARING THAT SQUARE WITH YOUR BELIEFS OR EXPECTATIONS? THE CIRCLE.
WHAT ARE ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT ARE STILL CIRCLING OR THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS IN YOUR MIND? THAT IS THE PROCESS THAT WE'LL UTILIZE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS PROCESS?
>> MY ONLY QUESTION, SUPERINTENDENT, IS THE PATH FORWARD IN JANUARY, IS THE EXPECTATION THAT, OF COURSE, IT IS A BOARD WORKSHOP, BUT THEN IN JANUARY, THERE'S A FORMAL BRIEFING ON THE BOND.
>> YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THIS IS NOT THE LAST OPPORTUNITY.
IN FACT, THIS IS STILL MEANT AS A STEPPING OFF POINT.
THERE WILL BE THE JANUARY BRIEFING, AND OF COURSE.
IN JANUARY, THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION, AND IF AT ANY TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, EVERY MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, MYSELF INCLUDED, WE ARE, OF COURSE, AT YOUR SERVICE TO MEET AND HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS THAT ANY OF YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE WITH US.
WE ARE AVAILABLE AND AT YOUR SERVICE.
THIS IS, AGAIN, JUST ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT IS NOT THE LAST OPPORTUNITY.
>> THEN I WILL TURN THIS OVER.
>> I'M SORRY. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> TODAY IS NOT THE DAY WHERE WE GET THE PRESENTATION, THE FORMAL PRESENTATION OF THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE, CORRECT?
>> WE WILL BE INCLUDING THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US FROM THE STEERING COMMITTEE, BUT THERE WILL BE NO EXPECTATION OF THE BOARD TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON ANY OF WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED TODAY.
>> AGAIN, YOU ARE BRINGING US THE RECOMMENDATION FROM ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN, PLUS A BUNCH OF DATA FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE'RE ENGAGING WITH IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND PROVIDING OUR THOUGHTS, REACTIONS, FEEDBACK THAT YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE AND SYNTHESIZE.
PUT THEN ALL THREE OF THOSE, WHAT THE BOARD IS SAYING, WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAID, WHAT OUR REPRESENTATIVE SAID, AND THE FIRST MORE OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION WOULD COME AT THAT JANUARY MEETING IN WHICH WE'D ENGAGE WITH IT AGAIN AND GO BACK AND FORTH.
YOU WOULD GET MORE FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE WOULD START CONSIDERING ACTION AFTER THAT POINT. IS THAT?
>> AT THAT POINT THEN, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF BRENT ALFRED, WHO WILL TAKE US THROUGH A SUMMARY AGAIN FROM OCTOBER TO NOW, WHAT THE CURRENT LEVEL OF THINKING IS.
A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION IN JANUARY.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT ELIZAE.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CARRON AND BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS IS JUST A BRIEF TIMELINE CAPTURING WHAT DOCTOR ALZATE TALKED ABOUT.
WE STARTED THE PROCESS IN OCTOBER, LEADING US ALL THE WAY TO TODAY, SHOWING YOU THE INTENTIONAL PLANNING AND PROCESS AND OUTREACH AND TRANSPARENCY WE DID WITH THIS PLANNING PROCESS.
I WANT TO ZOOM IN ON SOME KEY DATES.
AGAIN, IN MARCH, WE FORMED WE HAD OUR FIRST CITIZENS BOND STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING.
THAT MEETING WAS FORMED AND APPROVED BY YOU IN JANUARY, AND I WANTED TO SHOW YOU AND THE PUBLIC THE STRUCTURE OF THAT MEETING.
WE HAD LEADERSHIP, STAFF ADVISORS, AND MEMBERS, VOLUNTEER MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SELECTED AND GREAT OVERSIGHT OVER 100 PEOPLE.
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WE MET. THESE ARE OUR MEETING DATES.THE AGENDA ITEMS. WE WENT OVER AT EACH ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS.
EACH ONE OF THOSE COMMITTEES PRESENTED OUT WITH THE INFORMATION THEY FOUND FROM EACH GROUP.
I DIDN'T ONLY WANT TO SHOW YOU THE AGENDA, BUT ALSO SHOW YOU THE PROCESS IN MOTION THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY ACTIVE.
THAT'S WHAT THIS PICTURE IS REPRESENTING, THE ENGAGEMENT, THE TYPE OF MEETINGS WE WERE HAVING AND HOW THEY RESPONDED TO US.
EACH COMMITTEE, AS I MENTIONED, REPORTED OUT ON THEIR FINDINGS WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
ONE OF THE VERY FIRST COMMITTEES WAS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO SET OUR GUARD RAILS ON ON WHAT WE COULD LOOK AT AT A POTENTIAL BOND.
AT THIS POINT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF RAMOS TO LEAD YOU THROUGH THEIR FINDINGS AND CONSIDERATION.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS CHARGED WITH GIVING AND PRESENTING FINANCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC TAX RATE INFORMATION TO THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE GAVE WAS PROPOSITION C. BASICALLY, WHAT PROPOSITION C DOES IS IT REFINANCES THE MAINTENANCE TAX NOTES LOAN THAT THE DISTRICT OBTAINED IN 2013, AND IT MOVES THAT NOTE FROM THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION SIDE OF THE TAX RATE TO THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE OF THE TAX RATE.
WHY WOULD WE RECOMMEND THAT? THAT NOTE IS DUE IN 2033 AND A BALLOON PAYMENT.
THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN SETTING ASIDE $7 MILLION PER YEAR.
IF THROUGH VOTER AUTHORIZATION, WE MOVE THAT LOAN FROM THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TO THE DEBT SERVICE.
IT WOULD ALLOW US TO BASICALLY MOVE $100 MILLION INTO OUR OPERATING ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
IT WOULD ALLOW US TO PAY OFF THAT NOTE SOONER, AND THEN THAT WOULD, IN ESSENCE, GIVE US INTEREST RATE SAVINGS.
ONE, IT WOULD GIVE US A $100 MILLION INFLUX TO OUR OPERATING FUND BALANCE.
IT WOULD ALLOW US TO PAY OFF OUR DEBT SOONER, AND WE WOULD ACHIEVE INTEREST RATE SAVINGS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE AND COMPARED IT TO THE TEN LARGEST DISTRICTS IN TEXAS AND THE TEN LARGEST DISTRICTS IN THE DFW AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST DEBT SERVICE TAX RATES, NOT ONLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT ALSO IN THE DFW AREA.
WE ALSO COMPARED THAT TO OUR TOTAL TAX RATE WITH THE LARGEST DISTRICTS IN THE DFW AREA.
WE IN DALLAS ISD, HAVE THE LOWEST TAX RATE WHEN YOU COMBINE BOTH THE M&O, AND THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE TOGETHER.
WE JUST A LITTLE UNDER $1 AT 99.30 $0.08, WE ARE THE LOWEST TAX RATE WHEN YOU COMPARE THE LARGEST DISTRICTS IN THE DFW AREA.
WE ALSO WANTED TO SHOW A HISTORICAL PICTURE OF WHERE OUR TAX RATE HAS GONE HISTORICALLY.
OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, DUE TO TAX RATE COMPRESSION, WE HAVE LOWERED OUR TOTAL TAX RATE EVERY YEAR OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE GREEN PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE, THE DEBT SERVICE, THAT HAS REMAINED CONSTANT OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS AT 24 POINT $0.20.
BECAUSE OF TAX RATE COMPRESSION, AND AS OUR PROPERTY VALUES GROW, OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE, WE HAVE DECREASED THAT OVER THE YEARS.
OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, WE CONTINUE TO DECREASE OUR TOTAL TAX RATE OVERALL.
>> WE ALSO PRESENTED THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE WITH TWO SCENARIOS.
ONE OF THE SCENARIOS WAS A NO TAX RATE INCREASE, AND THE OTHER SCENARIO WAS A $0.01 TAX RATE INCREASE.
THE GOAL WITH THOSE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS WAS, WHAT IS OUR CEILING? WHAT IS OUR BOND CAPACITY WITH BOTH OF THOSE SCENARIOS? WITH A NO TAX RATE INCREASE, OUR BOND CAPACITY, WE ESTIMATED AT $4.9 BILLION.
THE REASON THE BONDS STEERING COMMITTEE LOOKED AT A $0.01 TAX INCREASE IS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE BALLOT LANGUAGE.
THE BALLOT LANGUAGE HAS TO INCLUDE THIS LANGUAGE.
EVEN IF WE DID NOT INCREASE THE TAX RATE, WE HAVE TO INCLUDE THIS IS A TAX INCREASE IN THE BALLOT LANGUAGE.
IF WE LOOK AT RAISING THE DEBT SERVICE PORTION OF THE TAX RATE BY ONE PENNY, WE CALCULATED ALL IN, LOOKING AT PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH, PAYING DOWN THE PRINCIPAL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
OUR TOTAL BOND CAPACITY WOULD BE $6.25 BILLION.
HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT AN AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD? AN AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD IN DALLAS IS JUST A LITTLE OVER $500,000.
WITH NO TAX RATE INCREASE, THERE WOULD NOT BE AN INCREASE TO THE TAXES OVERALL FOR AN AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD.
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WITH A $0.01 TAX INCREASE, AND YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE 140,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WHICH INCREASED COMPARED TO LAST YEAR FROM 100,000.THE IMPACT WOULD BE A MONTHLY TAX INCREASE OF $2.79, A YEARLY TAX INCREASE OF $33.48? IF A HOMEOWNER IS 65 YEARS OR OLDER, LOOKING AT THE 140,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THEY ALSO RECEIVE A 95,000 EXEMPTION, IN ADDITION TO THAT.
THE IMPACT WOULD BE A ZERO TAX RATE INCREASE IN BOTH SCENARIOS.
WE ALSO WANTED TO SEE WHAT PROJECTION OUR TOTAL TAX RATE WOULD HAVE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
WE LOOKED AT, IF WE INCREASED THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE BY ONE PENNY, WHAT WOULD THAT DO OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO OUR DALLAS ISD THE TOTAL TAX RATE? YOU SEE FROM THIS GRAPH BEFORE YOU, EVEN IF WE INCREASED THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE BY ONE PENNY, BECAUSE OF TAX RATE COMPRESSION, OUR TOTAL TAX RATE WOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, TRUSTEES, DR ALISAL. ATHLETICS CONSIDERATIONS.
WE MET ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH OUR ATHLETIC SUBCOMMITTEE AND LOOKED AT REALLY A FACILITY STUDY OF THE NEEDS, AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT PARTICIPATION NUMBERS ACROSS ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
PICTURED HERE, YOU SEE THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT WAS DONE WITH PREVIOUS MON DOLLARS AND ADAMS AND HIGH SCHOOL, STATE OF THE ART AMAZING WEIGHT ROOM.
THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME IN DALLAS ISD ATHLETICS AS WE CLOSE OUT THE FALL SPORTS SEASON WITH A RUN AT A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON SATURDAY AND FOOTBALL.
WE GEAR UP FOR ANOTHER RUN AT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BASKETBALL IN BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAD ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS REPRESENTED AND VERY ACTIVE PARTICIPATION.
THESE ARE THE SPORTS THAT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE QUALIFIED AT THE STATE LEVEL.
WE CAN ADD BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TO THAT THIS YEAR, I SHOULD HAVE UPDATED THE SLIDE AS WOODROW MADE IT TO BOYS CROSS COUNTRY.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR TEAMS ACROSS MULTIPLE SPORTS, EXCEPT FOR VOLLEYBALL, BASEBALL, AND SOFTBALL.
WE HAVE GOALS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE 100 MINIMUM IN FOOTBALL, 45 ACROSS OUR OTHER TEAM SPORTS, AND WE WANT PURER SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE TEAMS ACROSS ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THE THREE AREAS OF FOCUS THAT WE ARE ON OR THAT WE FOCUSED ON BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE DATA THAT WE LOOKED AT ARE STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES, WHICH INCLUDE LIGHTS AND TURF FOR OUR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS, AS WELL AS SOME FIELD HOUSES TO HELP IMPROVE THE THE QUALITY OF THE FIELD, NOT HAVING TO GO TO A 711 TO USE A RESTROOM AS I LIKE TO SAY.
THE STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES, THIS IS A KEY PIECE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS WE HAVE MORE AND MORE TEAMS COMING OUT, MORE SEVENTH GRADE TEAMS, ESPECIALLY.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO REDO OUR FIELDS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, REDO AND ADD QUALITY GRASS FIELDS, QUALITY SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. ALSO A PRACTICE TRACK, SO WE CAN GET ALL OF OUR TRACK PROGRAMS UP AND RUNNING WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, AND ALL OF THAT, OF COURSE, STARTS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THERE WERE OVER NEARLY 4,000 INSTANCES WHERE WE USED OUR MULTI USE FACILITIES.
THOSE ARE ELLIS DAVIS, FORESTER, SPRAGUE, PLACES LIKE THAT, AND THEY NEED SOME GENERAL UPGRADES BOTH TO THE LIGHTING AND TO THE TURF.
BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT CREATING A TENNIS COMPLEX.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR GROWING SPORTS, AND AS WELL AS LOOKING AT OUR IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR AUDITORIUMS. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT.
FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, WE'RE COVERING THE FIRST PART, COVERS TECHNOLOGY NEEDED TO SAFEGUARD OUR STUDENTS AND CAMPUSES, INCLUDING FENCING.
THIS ALSO ALLOWS US STRENGTHEN OUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN OUR SCHOOLS FROM CAMERA MODERNIZATION, AS WELL AS DETECTION SYSTEMS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE NEEDS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE MANDATED BY THE STATE BY LAW, AND THEY ARE WITHOUT FUNDING. NEXT SLIDE.
HERE, SO JUST DEMONSTRATES THE OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED SUCH AS THE RADIOS AND THE REPEATERS NEEDED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.
THIS WILL ALSO PROVIDE OUR CAMPUS SAFETY SPECIALISTS WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED.
THESE ARE POSITIONS THAT WE JUST ADDED THIS YEAR TO INCREASE OUR LEVEL OF SAFETY AND SECURITY IN OUR CAMPUSES.
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FOR POLICE AND SECURITY SERVICES.THIS COVERS OUR BODY WORN AND DASH CAMERAS, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY LAW.
DRONES ARE THE FUTURE, AND WE'VE LISTED THEM HERE AS WELL.
THIS COVERS OUR ABILITY TO IMPROVE OUR POLICE HEADQUARTERS, OUR TRAINING FACILITY, WHICH IS THE FORMER PEACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THIS WILL HELP US ALSO BUILD A GUN TRAINING RANGE THAT WE CAN ALSO TRAIN OUR OFFICERS IN.
ON THIS SLIDE, HERE, WE NOTE THAT THE BOND WILL COVER ONE OF OUR MOST BASIC NEEDS, WHICH IS BASICALLY OUR UNIFORMS AND OUR POLICE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT THAT WE WEAR WITH US TO CARRY OUT OUR SERVICE.
IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
WE ANSWER OUR MENTAL HEALTH CALLS 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS STAFF FACULTY.
THIS BOND WILL ALLOW OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO HAVE NEW SOFTWARE AND COMPUTERS TO DELIVER THAT SERVICE, AND IT'S INCLUDING THE FUNDING THAT WILL ALLOW US TO IMPROVE THE FACILITIES WHERE THEY HELP OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
FINALLY, IN SUMMARY, THERE'S 360 MILLION THAT WILL GO TOWARDS THE CORE SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS MUCH NEEDED, BUT IT'S ALSO MANDATED BY LAW.
THE 39 MILLION IS DEDICATED TO THE POLICE AND SECURITY SERVICE THAT NOT ONLY ALLOWS US TO FUNCTION WITH OUR NEEDS, BUT ALSO IMPROVES AND HOW WE DELIVER OUR SERVICE.
THE $4 MILLION ARE DEDICATED AS WE IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THANK YOU.
> GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT ELLA SAD.
THE TECHNOLOGY OBJECTIVES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS TO REVIEW THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN THE 2020 BOND AND DISCUSS FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE WORK THAT WAS STARTED IN THE 2020 BOND.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE INVESTMENT FROM THE 2020 BOND ALLOWED US TO FOCUS ON FOUR MAJOR INITIATIVES WITHIN TECHNOLOGY.
ONE WAS THE CONTINUING AND MODERNIZATION OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
A CYBER SECURITY PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED DURING THE 2020 BOND AND WITH THE 2020 BOND FUNDS.
ALSO, THE ONE TO ONE STUDENT DEVICE INITIATIVE WAS LAUNCHED WITH THE 2020 BOND FUNDS.
THAT REALLY TOOK FLIGHT DURING THE YEARS OF COVID, IN WHICH WE ALSO GOT ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN ESR.
THEN THIRD AND FOURTHLY, OUR ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH THE 2020 BOND WAS MODERNIZE AND MOVE OUR APPLICATIONS TO MORE OF A CLOUD BASED SYSTEM, WHICH ALLOWS FOR MORE ROBUST DATA RECOVERY DISASTER RECOVERY CAPABILITIES.
IN ADDITION, CAN GO BACK ONE SECOND.
JUST IN ADDITION, THE TECHNOLOGY STANDARD THAT YOU SEE THERE, THAT'S ACROSS THE BOARD IN EVERY FACILITY, EVERY CAMPUS.
2020 BOND WAS SOLELY USED TO ESTABLISH THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT AS WELL. THANKS A LOT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT NETWORK CONNECTIVITY, WE LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS A 30 UTILITY NOW.
YOU HAVE WATER, POWER, AND CONNECTIVITY.
ALL OF OUR DEVICES, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE DISPLAY ARE ALL RELIANT ON CONNECTIVITY.
A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT CHIEF MARTINEZ MENTIONED IN THE SAFETY ARE RELYING UPON A ROBUST NETWORKING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE NETWORKING WITHIN EACH FACILITY IN DSD, WE HAVE OVER 350 MILES OF FIBER THAT CONNECTS ALL OF OUR FACILITIES TOGETHER WITHIN OUR WIDE AREA NETWORK.
SLIDE PLEASE. THE FOUR OBJECTIVES FOR THE 2020 BOND, WE BROKE THESE 2026 POTENTIAL ASK INTO FOUR DISTINCT BUCKETS, INFRASTRUCTURE, CYBER SECURITY APPS, AND THEN CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE HAVE A FURTHER BREAKDOWN WITHIN THOSE AREAS OF WHAT COMPRISES THOSE NUMBERS.
WE DO HAVE EVEN MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN TO HOW WE CAME TO THOSE NUMBERS, IF THAT IS, REQUESTED AT A LATER DATE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT WILL BE BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO PROPOSITIONS. PROPOSITION A.
THE WAY I LIKE TO THINK OF IT IS IF YOU TAKE A BUILDING AND YOU SHAKE IT, WHATEVER TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT FALL OUT, THAT'S CONSIDERED PART OF THE BUILDING AND PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN PROPOSITION A.
ANYTHING THAT FALLS OUT OF THAT BUILDING THAT'S TECHNOLOGY, IE, STUDENT DEVICES, CLASSROOM DISPLAYS, COMPUTER LABS, THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE ON A SEPARATE PROP THAT THE VOTERS WILL SEE. THANK YOU.
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>> HELLO, EVERYONE. I LOVE TO SAY THIS.
BUT WE ALL KNOW AT THIS TABLE WHAT DRIVES CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S INSTRUCTION FF STUDENTS [LAUGHTER] OUR STUDENT EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE MET.
WE HAD SOME KEITH LEVERS THAT WE WENT TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS SETTING UP ACADEMIC NEEDS. NEXT SLIDE.
BUT OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT CONTINUING TO MODERNIZE OUR PREK THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL SPACES, USING THE EDUCATIONAL SUITABILITY FRAMEWORK THAT EVERY SCHOOL HAS.
OUR STUDENT EXPERIENCE PRIORITIES.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE ABOUT IMPROVING MAXIMIZING OUR CORE CLASSROOMS, MATH LANGUAGE ART, SCIENCE, AND SOCIAL STUDIES, MAXIMIZING OUR SPACES IN VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, INCLUDING UNIFORMS, INSTRUMENTS, MAXIMIZING OUR STEM, MAKER SPACE, ROBOTIC SPACES, AND THEN ALSO OUR DIGITAL MEDIA AND LIBRARY SPACES AT EACH SCHOOL.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF BATES.
I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE FACILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS.
>> IT IS THE BULK OF THE BOND, SO THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT. BEAR WITH ME HERE.
WHEN WE FORMED THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, NEXT SLIDE, WE HAD THE SAME OBJECT AS EVERYONE DID, BUT WE REALLY TOOK INTO ACCOUNT VOICE.
THE SUBCOMMITTEES VOICE, THE CONSTITUENTS VOICE, THE STUDENT VOICE, THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE.
WE ALWAYS LOOKED AT FCI DATA, BUT NOW WE HAVE THIS GREAT NEW TOOL TO LOOK AT, WHICH IS THE ESA, REALLY AN OVERALL LOOK AT WHAT THESE SCHOOLS NEED. NEXT SLIDE.
WE MET MULTIPLE TIMES AS A LARGE GROUP, BUT INDIVIDUALLY, WE MET EVEN IN BETWEEN THESE MEETINGS ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL WE, HAD THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.
NEXT SLIDE. YOU'LL SEE A AT THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER.
THIS IS ALL OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE IN PROPOSITION A, AND IT IS A BULK OF THE BOND, RIGHT? SO NEW REPLACEMENT SCHOOLS.
WE STARTED DOWN THIS PATH IN 08, REALLY REBUILDING SCHOOLS AND REPLACING SCHOOLS, AND THEN WITH 15, WITH 15 MONEY, WE DID IT AGAIN.
CHIEF ALFRED HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB WITH 2020.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE CUTTING A RIBBON EVERY OTHER MONTH.
WITH THIS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE.
I'M GOING TO SHARE THOSE SCHOOLS WITH YOU HERE SHORTLY.
I SAID BEFORE, WE LOOKED AT FCI.
WE'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT THE FCI.
HOW OLD AND TIRED IS YOUR BUILDING? DOES THE ROOF NEED TO BE REPLACED, THE AIR CONDITIONED, THE WINDOWS, ALL OF THESE THINGS.
WE LOOKED AT THAT, IN ADDITION TO THE SUITABILITY.
THAT SUITABILITY STUDY WAS INVALUABLE TO US BECAUSE WE WANT TEACHERS TEACHING IN A SPACE, THAT IS CONDUCIVE FOR OUR KIDS TO LEARN IN.
WE DON'T WANT AN ART TEACHER TEACHING IN JUST A SQUARE PORTABLE BOX.
WE WANT AN ART TEACHER TEACHING IN A SPACE WITH NATURAL LIGHT WITH MOP SINKS, WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE SUITABLE, AND WHAT ALL KIDS DESERVE THE GOOD STUFF.
WELL, THIS IS HOW WE CAN GET IT TO THEM, 100% OF THE FCI AND SEE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, PLUS MARIA LUNA IS INCLUDED IN THIS.
NOW, MARIA LUNA IS INCLUDED IN THIS BECAUSE WE USED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT BUILDING WITH OUR FOOD SERVICE FUNDS.
WE NOW HAVE TO USE BOND FUNDS TO KEEP UP, AND THAT NEEDS A NEW ROOF AND NEW CHILLER AND OTHER THINGS FOR A TOTAL OF $2.3 BILLION.
NOW, THE NEXT ONE I'M SUPER HAPPY ABOUT, BECAUSE I STARTED MY CAREER IN A PORTABLE, I HOPE TO END MY CAREER WITH ZERO PORTABLES IN THIS DISTRICT.
WE WANT TO CREATE ADDITIONS AT OUR CAMPUSES TO ELIMINATE ALL PORTABLE BUILDINGS.
NOW, ALL OF THESE NUMBERS INCLUDE AN ASBESTOS ALLOWANCE, INFLATION, THE ESCALATION.
ALL OF THESE NUMBERS IN YOUR REPLACEMENT, IN YOUR RENOVATIONS, AND IN YOUR ADDITIONS, COSTS ARE BAKED INTO THIS. NEXT SLIDE.
TRANSPORTATION. IN 2018, WE PASSED A BOND FOR TRANSPORTATION IN ORDER TO BUY BUSES.
WE RENOVATED OUR BARNS, AND WE OPERATE.
WELL, THERE'S ABOUT 500 MORE OF THE YELLOW FLEET, THE BUSES THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A WHITE FLEET, AND THOSE ARE THE VEHICLES THAT GO OUT AND SERVICE THE CAMPUSES.
WELL, THERE'S ABOUT 150 OF THOSE THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE 3,485 ACRES THAT WE HAVE TO CUT.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS WE REPLACE SOME OF THAT LAWN EQUIPMENT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS FOR $147 MILLION.
LAND USE. WE LOOKED AT A LAND USE STUDY.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH OUR VACANT PROPERTY AND VACANT BUILDINGS? GILL STONE COMES TO MIND.
IF WE DID A STUDY ON GILL STONE, WHAT IS THE BEST THING WE COULD DO FOR THAT COMMUNITY WITH A VACANT BUILDING? IT COULD BE A RESOURCE CENTER.
OR THE STUDY COULD SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO TEAR THIS BUILDING DOWN AND CREATE MORE GREEN SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
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OR IT MAY SAY, WE JUST NEED TO SELL THE BUILDING ALTOGETHER AND GET THAT MONEY.THIS IS A BUCKET THAT WILL HAVE MONEY COMING OUT TO SPEND ON THOSE SPACES AND GOING IN AS WE SELL BUILDINGS.
NEXT SLIDE. NOW THE MOMENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
IN PROPOSITION A, WE DO WANT TO REPLACE ABOUT 26 SCHOOLS, AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW.
IN DISTRICT 1, WE'D LIKE TO REPLACE CALLIE.
IN DISTRICT 2, FRANKLIN, POLK AND MOCKINGBIRD, IN DISTRICT 3, CONNOR, BALES, AND GILL, AND FOUR SAMUEL HIGH SCHOOL AND LEGO.
IN DISTRICT 5, CEDAR CREST, JOHN NEELY BRYAN, AND YOU'LL SEE TODD AND YOUNG.
WE'D LIKE TO DO, LIKE A JACK LOW TASBY MODEL WITH YOUNG AND TODD, AND THEN HARRY STONE.
IN DISTRICT 6, MARTIN WEISS STORY AND HOLSDDLE SCHOOLS, AND SEVEN, HENDERSON, ANECA, AND PEELER.
IN DISTRICT 8, I THINK THE TRUSTEES, YOU ALREADY KNOW, WE HAD TO MOVE THE KIDS OUT OF OBADIAIT INTO HERNANDEZ.
CHIEF ALFRED IS ALREADY DESIGNING THE NEW OBADIAIT.
SO THAT ONE WAS BECAUSE OF STRUCTURAL ISSUES.
THEN, ALAN, GABE ALLEN, BURNETT, STEVENS PARK.
THEN IN DISTRICT 9, WE'D LIKE TO DO ANOTHER JACK LOW TASBY MODEL WITH SAN ACENTO AND PIEDMONT, AND THEN CHARLES RICE AND IRMA RANGEL. NEXT SLIDE.
NOW, THIS BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION IN 2020 TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE, AND BE MORE GREEN, AND WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB REDUCING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT, AS A CITY AND AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATH.
IN DOING SO, WE'D LIKE TO PUT SOLAR PANEL CAR PORTS OVER OUR BUS BARNS.
THEY'LL SERVE TWO POSSIBLE THINGS THIS COULD DO.
COOL OUR BUSES DOWN DURING THE DAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO HARNESS OUR OWN ELECTRICITY.
THIS HAS A RETURN ON INVESTMENTS.
FOR THE $15 MILLION YOU SEE HERE OVER THE LIFE OF THE BOND, WE'LL RECEIVE BACK IN GENERAL OPERATING 21 MILLION.
THEN PLAYGROUNDS, COURTYARDS, AND TURF.
AS CHIEF ALFRED IS DOING RENOVATIONS, HE IS REPLACING PLAYGROUNDS, BUT WE'VE IDENTIFIED ABOUT ANOTHER 50 AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WE'D LIKE TO REPLACE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR COURTYARDS, WE WANT THEM TO BE A GREAT BUT SUSTAINABLE SPACE, SOME OF OUR COURTYARDS ARE BUILT IN THE 50S, AND YOU CAN'T GET TO THEM UNLESS YOU PUSH THE LAWN MOWER DOWN THE HALL AFTER HOURS TO GET THERE TO CUT.
WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
WE WANT TO BE MORE BRICK PAVERS, MORE TURF, MORE SUSTAINABLE COURTYARDS, AND OUTDOOR LEARNING SPACES FOR THE KIDS.
WE DID TURF FOOTBALL FIELDS, AND THEY ARE A HIT, BUT IN 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WE WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THOSE THAT TURF, THAT TOP LAYER NOT THE WHOLE THING.
JUST TO RECAP, THE FACILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE IS REPLACEMENT SCHOOLS, RENOVATIONS, ADDITIONS, TRANSPORTATION, PROPERTY, AND THAT'S OUR VACANT PROPERTY AND LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY AND PLAYGROUNDS COURTYARDS AND TURF FOR $4.69 BILLION.
NOW, IN 2020, WHEN WE DID THE SAME PROCESS, WE LEARNED THAT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF THE AGE OF A SCHOOL BUILDING WAS 44-YEARS-OLD.
WHEN WE STARTED, WE WERE AT 51.6.
THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT CHIEF ALFRED AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING, AT THE END OF THIS 2020 BOND, WILL BE AT THE AVERAGE AGE OF 42.8-YEARS-OLD.
IF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING AND CONSIDERATIONS ARE ACTED UPON, WE COULD LOWER IT DOWN TO 33 YEARS OF AGE.
I DID A RECENT SEARCH, AND IN 2024, THEY GATHERED NEW DATA.
THE AVERAGE AGE OF A US SCHOOL, IS NOW 49 YEARS.
IN THE UNITED STATES, THE AVERAGE AGE OF US SCHOOL HAS GONE UP AS A RESULT OF INFLATION, COVID, LACK OF SUPPORT IN OTHER STATES FOR SUSTAINING AND RENOVATING SCHOOL FACILITY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PROBABLY NEED TO UPDATE THAT SLIDE.
>> YES, MA'AM. I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CITIZENS STEERING COMMITTEE.
THERE WAS 100 FOLKS IN THIS VERY ROOM THAT GOT TOGETHER AROUND TABLES SIMILAR TO THE ONES IN FRONT OF YOU.
THEY HAD TO VOTE ON ALL THE ITEMS THAT YOU'VE HEARD HERE TODAY AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER IN A BOND 2026.
WHEN THEY DID THAT, IT WAS A CONSENSUS AMONGST THE TABLES, AND IT WAS VOTED ON AND SHOWN UP ON THE SCREEN AS SOMETHING THAT THE FOLKS THAT YOU APPOINTED WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A BOND.
WE'VE TOOK DATA INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE'VE TAKEN EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION, AND NOW WE ARE CONSIDERING THESE PROPOSITIONS.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE PROPS WITH YOU REAL QUICK.
THE BIG PROP, THE MAIN PROP, AND IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PROPS IN THE PAST,
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HAS A MAJORITY OF THE ALL OF THE FACILITIES IN IT, BUT IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF THE ATHLETICS.IN THE PAST, WE HAD TO CALL OUT ALL THE ATHLETIC DOLLARS IN A SEPARATE PROPOSITION, AND IT DID NOT PASS.
NOW WE ARE ABLE TO PUT A MAJORITY OF OUR ATHLETICS DOLLARS IN PROPOSITION A.
ALL TECHNOLOGY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE PROP.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE STUFF CAN BE IN PROPOSITION A, SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A SMALL AMOUNT CALLED OUT IN C. AGAIN, TRANSPORTATION IS IN PROP A, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE BOND, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE PROPOSITION.
A GRAND TOTAL PROPOSITION A OF 5.9.
PROPOSITION B IS THE TECHNOLOGY.
THAT'S THE ONE TO ONE DEVICES FOR 144.
THEN PROP I'M MERELY ASKING TO MOVE THE DEBT WITHIN DEBT SERVICES.
MOVE IT FROM THE M&O TO THE INS, WHICH WILL FREE UP MONEY IN OUR GENERAL OPERATING, SO WE CAN BE MORE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WHEN WE'RE ADOPTING OUR BUDGET EACH YEAR.
THEN D, THE NATTORU RENOVATIONS HAS TO BE CALLED OUT.
DOESN'T MATTER IF WE'RE BUILDING A NEW ONE? OR FOR JUST RENOVATING THE ONES THAT WE HAVE, IT HAS TO BE CALLED OUT LEGALLY IN A SEPARATE PROPOSITION FOR 26.
GRAND TOTAL, AS YOU SEEN EARLIER, WHEN OUR CFO PRESENTED A ZERO TAX RATE INCREASE OF 4.9 OR A $0.01 TAX RATE INCREASE OF 6.25, THE OVERALL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE BRINGING YOU TODAY TO CONSIDER IS 6.243. CHIEF.
>> APPRECIATE IT, CHIEF BATES.
IT WAS A GREAT PROCESS GOING THROUGH IT.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE GROUP THAT NIGHT, GOING THROUGH COMING TO A CONSENSUS ON THIS PROPOSED A POTENTIAL PROPOSITION AFTER I SAY, WORKING FROM MARCH, ALL THE WAY TO NOVEMBER ON THESE SUBCOMMITTEES.
THE NEXT DATA POINT, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS TO HELP GUIDE DECISIONS, WITH THE PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS.
WE TOOK ONE IN MARCH, AND WE TOOK ANOTHER ONE IN OCTOBER.
WE TYPICALLY HAVE A MARGIN OF ERROR PLUS OR -5.7%.
WE TESTED PROP A, B, C, AND D, AND HIGH LEVEL, WE FOUND OUT THERE IS STRONG SUPPORT FOR THESE BONDS IN DALLAS.
IF THE VOTER IS INFORMED, FAVORABLE RATINGS.
WHEN WE TESTED MAY VERSUS NOVEMBER, WE FOUND NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.
AS CHIEF RAMOS MENTIONED, BECAUSE OF THE BELIEVABILITY ISSUE, WITH THE NO TAX RATE LANGUAGE, THERE WAS MINIMAL ADVANTAGE, AND THE VOTERS WERE OPEN TO A SMALL TAX INCREASE IS WHAT WE FOUND.
OUR NEXT DATA POINT I WANT TO SHARE, FROM AUGUST TO NOVEMBER, WE DID THE POP UPS, WHICH MANY OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN, SO I'LL GO THROUGH THIS ONE QUICKLY, WHERE WE EDUCATED THE VOTERS OR THE PUBLIC ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCING.
HOW A MODERN BUILDING IN DALLAS ISD SHOULD LOOK, AND GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
WE HAD OVER 1,500 PARTICIPANTS.
ALL OF THEM GAVE US VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK, WRITTEN EXAMPLES.
LIKE I SAY, WE ALSO ATTENDED A STATE FAIR.
THE NEXT DATA POINT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS WHAT WE JUST DID IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS STARTING ON DECEMBER 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 15, WHICH YOU GUYS TRUSTEE LED MEETINGS.
THOSE MEETINGS WERE WELL ATTENDED.
THEY AVERAGE 25-40 PEOPLE PER MEETING EACH NIGHT, AND WE WENT THROUGH ALL NINE OF YOUR TRUSTEE DISTRICTS, AGAIN, SURVEYING THEM.
AT THE END OF THOSE MEETINGS, WE PUT A QUICK SURVEY UP TO GET DATA.
WE DID THAT IN NOVEMBER AS WELL, JUST TO OUR PARENTS, AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE RESULTS FROM THAT SURVEY.
YOU SEE THE TOP 3 THAT TESTED VERY HIGH AND VERY WELL WITH SCHOOL SAFETY, STUDENT EXPERIENCE, AND FACILITIES.
THOSE WERE THE TOP 3 FROM THE PARENT SURVEY FROM NOVEMBER TO 11TH THROUGH THE 18TH WITH OVER 4,500 RESPONDENTS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE US VERY SIMILAR ON THE MEETINGS WE HAD AT YOUR TRUSTEE LED MEETINGS.
THE TOP 3, JUST IN A DIFFERENT ORDER OF FACILITIES, SCHOOL SAFETY, AND STUDENT EXPERIENCE.
WE HAD OVER 900 ALMOST 1,000 SUBMISSIONS, AND I WAS PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THIS BACK TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO WRAP US UP.
>> I KNOW IN 2020, THIS BOARD WANTED TO ENSURE THAT PROMISES MADE, WERE PROMISES KEPT.
KEEPING WITH KNOWING HOW OUR BOARD VALUES AND CONTINUES TO EXPECT US TO HONOR THAT TRANSPARENCY AND THAT HONORING OF WHAT WE PROMISE.
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WE ONLY WANT TO MAKE PROMISES THAT WE CAN KEEP SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THOSE PROMISES THAT WE MAKE.AT THIS POINT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MOVE US TO SMALL GROUPS SO THAT WE CAN ENGAGE WITH PART OF WHAT YOU JUST HEARD WITH THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF CHIEFS.
>> I THINK WE HAVE OUR GROUPS ALREADY GROUPED TOGETHER.
WE CAN MOVE TO THESE TABLES HERE IN FRONT, AND WE'LL BEGIN FACILITATING THERE.
WE'LL HAVE NOTE TAKERS AS WELL.
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TO PLEASE RETURN TO THE DIAS.[01:34:15]
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR RETURNING TO THE DIAS,[01:34:19]
AND I WANT TO THANK OUR TEAM FOR FACILITATING.[01:34:22]
AS WE RETURN TO THE DIAS,[01:34:24]
AND WE CONTINUE WITH OUR AGENDA,[01:34:27]
I'M GOING TO BE ASKING EACH TRUSTEE TO PLEASE SHARE OUT THREE KEYS OR ONE, TWO,[01:34:35]
OR THREE KEY TAKEAWAYS OR SOMETHING THAT SQUARED[01:34:39]
WITH YOUR BELIEF OR SOMETHING THAT IS STILL CIRCLING IN YOUR HEAD.[01:34:44]
WHILE EVERYONE IS STILL WORKING THEIR WAY BACK UP TO THE DIAS.IF I COULD JUST REMIND EVERYONE, THIS IS A PROCESS, AND I KNOW THAT IT IS SOMETIMES MESSY.
THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I WAS ABLE TO EAVESDROP ON JUST GIVE ME SUCH FAITH.
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WE HAVE THE BEST BOARD OF TRUSTEES EASILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.AUDIENCE, WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE THE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR TRUSTEES? [APPLAUSE] JUST WHEN YOU THINK, WE FIGURED OUT ALL THE QUESTIONS THEY'RE GOING TO ASK.
THAT'S A GREAT THING AND I AM JUST SO FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THIS BOARD.
AGAIN, AS WE WRAP THIS UP, THIS IS NOT THE END.
WE WILL HAVE OUR CHIEFS AND THEIR SUPPORT TEAMS AVAILABLE TO MEET AND GO TO MORE DETAIL ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE OF VERY IMPORTANT INTEREST TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
WELL, I KNOW WE MAYBE ONLY GOT TO SOME OF WHAT YOUR QUESTIONS WERE.
THEY DID GIVE US ENORMOUS INFORMATION.
I WANT TO THANK OUR NOTE TAKERS.
I THINK I SAW CHIEF HUITT-POWELL TAKING NOTES.
CHIEF LIBBY DANIELS WAS TAKING NOTES, AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT PAM LEAR WAS TAKING NOTES SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND TO THOSE CHIEFS WHO FACILITATE IT AT EACH TABLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EACH BOARD MEMBER, IF YOU COULD LET US INDICATE THAT YOU'RE READY, AND I'D LIKE EACH TRUSTEE TO BEGIN.
I COULD JUST START FROM ONE SIDE AND MOVE TO THE OTHER.
TRUSTEE FOREMAN, WOULD YOU BE WANTING TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS? YES, MA'AM. BUT YOU'RE OKAY IF I START WITH YOU.
WHEN YOU'RE READY, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
>> YOU PROBABLY WANTED TO GET ME FIRST BECAUSE YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO BE LONG WINDED.
BUT I'LL TRY TO TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SHARED WITH EACH TABLE WAS IS THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE DISD BOND SINCE 2002, I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE AND HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE DOCUMENTATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THAT THEY WERE NOT AS DETAILED AS I AM USED TO SCHOOL BY SCHOOL.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT AND JUST SO THE AUDIENCE DON'T THINK I'M STUPID.
THIS IS A BOND BOOK THAT I RECEIVED IN 2015, ANNUAL REPORT.
THEN THIS OTHER BIG BINDER WAS THE 2020 BOND.
I ACTUALLY REALLY NEED INFORMATION, SCHOOL BY SCHOOL.
I SHARED OUT THAT PART OF THE REASON THAT WE DID THAT IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS WAS THE FACT THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS EQUITY ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, THE SOUTHERN SECTOR HAS THE MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT EQUITY, BUT I'LL GO TO MY GRAVE TALKING ABOUT IT.
THEN, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS THAT WHEN THE LAYOUT OF THE SCHOOL COMES OUT, WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE FUNDING FOR EACH PARTICULAR SCHOOL.
I KNOW PRISMA IN DISTRICT 4, TRUSTEE WHITE CONTINUOUSLY TALKED ABOUT HOW SOME OF THE SCHOOLS OVER THERE DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS HAPPEN IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
ANOTHER THING THAT I SHARED WAS IS THAT WE STILL HAVE $1.2 BILLION IN THE 2020 BOND, AND I NEED TO KNOW HOW THAT'S DESIGNATED TO WHATEVER PROJECT THAT IS SO THAT THERE IS NO OVERLAP ON THOSE PROJECTS.
LASTLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAID WAS, IF THIS BOARD DOES NOT WANT TO DO A $6.2 BILLION BOND IS THAT CLEARLY THE LAST THING WE SHOULD BE CUTTING IS ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO THE SCHOOLS.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING.
THE LAST THING THAT WE WANT TO TOUCH WOULD BE THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE.
I APPRECIATE THAT. TRUSTEE MACKEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO NEXT?
>> SURE, WILL YOU REPEAT THE INSTRUCTION OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO ACTUALLY [OVERLAPPING].
>> I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE YOU TO TRY TO USE THE REFLECTION TOOL OF EITHER ONE, TWO OR THREE TAKEAWAYS, SOMETHING THAT YOU HEARD THAT SQUARED WITH YOUR BELIEF AND ONE THING OR SO THAT MIGHT STILL BE CIRCLING IN YOUR HEAD.
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BUT FEEL FREE, TRUSTEE.>> WELL, I FIGURED WE WILL ALSO SPENT A LOT MORE TIME DISCUSSING AS AN ENTIRE GROUP IN JANUARY.
I WILL REFRAIN FROM SOME OF THESE, BUT I THINK THREE THINGS THAT I TOOK AWAY FROM ARE CLARITY ON THE AMOUNT AND THE REASONING, SPECIFICS ON REPLACEMENT AND RENOVATION AND SPECIFICS ON WHAT GOT CUT IN WAYS TO GET TO THERE.
WHAT SQUARES WITH MY BELIEFS IS THAT WE HAVE NEED, AND WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY DIVE INTO THIS.
WHAT'S CIRCLING IN MY HEAD IS, YES, I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT I CAN GO ASK ANGIE OR WHOMEVER MY QUESTIONS.
BUT I GAINED MORE FROM HEARING TRUSTEE CURRIE'S QUESTIONS AND TRUSTEE FOREMAN'S QUESTIONS THAN GETTING MY OWN ANSWERED.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE US, WHILE YOU ENCOURAGED US TO TALK TO INDIVIDUALS.
IF YOU ALL ARE COLLECTING THE QUESTIONS WE ARE ASKING SINCE I DIDN'T GET TO HEAR WHAT ANY OF THE GROUP SAID.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE ASKING AND WHAT THEIR RESPONSES ARE BEFORE WE COME BACK.
BECAUSE IF WE CAN GET THAT BEFORE WE COME BACK TO THE JANUARY MEETING, THAT WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME AND WE'LL PROBABLY ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.
THAT'D JUST BE GREAT THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.
HERE WAS THE QUESTIONS THAT TRUSTEES ASKED AND HERE ARE ANSWERS SO FAR.
THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS CIRCLING IN MY HEAD, AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WILL COMMIT THAT OUR TEAM WILL ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER, I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO CALL IT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE TAQS, TRUSTEE ASKED QUESTIONS, AND WE COULD PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER IN ONE LOCATION, DR. LEAR, SO THAT EVERYONE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED THUS FAR, BECAUSE THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.
TRUSTEES, THEY MAY WANT TO GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONS EVEN BEFORE THEY MEET IF THEY SHOULD WANT TO MEET INDIVIDUALLY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL. TRUSTEE CURRIE.
>> I'LL START WITH WHAT'S SQUARED WITH MY BELIEF, WHICH WAS AFTER GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND OBVIOUSLY, I HAD THIS EXPERIENCE DURING THE BOND MEETINGS, BUT AGAIN, TODAY AND TALKING TO THE ADMINISTRATION WAS HOW PLEASED I AM WITH THE VERY THOUGHTFUL APPROACH THAT THE STAFF HAS TAKEN TO TRY TO REALLY BUILD A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON A QUITE FRANKLY, ALMOST EXTREME AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, AND ALONG WITH OBJECTIVE DATA IN THE FCI AND ESA CRITERIA, TO WHERE WHEN I AM SITTING DOWN AND TALKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, I TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE RECOMMENDING WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS, DALLAS.
THAT VERY MUCH SQUARES WITH MY BELIEF THAT ONE, THIS ENTIRE PROCESS IS FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS THE BEST POSSIBLY CAN FOR STUDENTS TO GET THEM THE FACILITIES THAT THEY DESERVE, BECAUSE THEY DESERVE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND LEARN EVERY DAY IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AMAZING FACILITIES WE CAN PROVIDE THEM THAT GIVE THEM THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO LEARN.
BUT THE TWO, THAT OBJECTIVE CRITERIA, I THINK REALLY HELPS US KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT BASING OUR DECISIONS ON WHICH SCHOOLS GET UPGRADED OR NOT ON THE EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF THE PROCESS, BUT RATHER ON A SET OF OBJECTIVE DATA.
LOOKING AT THE RENOVATIONS, THERE'S ONLY ONE PROPOSED SCHOOL TO BE COMPLETELY TORN DOWN AND REBUILT IN MY AREA.
THAT'S THE LEAST OF THE OTHER TRUSTEES.
YET I HAVE FAITH THAT THAT RECOMMENDATION IS COMING OUT OF A SET OF OBJECTIVE DATA THAT CHIEF BATES AND CHIEF OFFERED AND THEIR TEAMS HAVE PUT TOGETHER, AND I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR THAT SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
BUT STILL CIRCLING IN MY HEAD, OBVIOUSLY, IS WE'RE JUST NEEDING AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE BOND AND WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
I'M MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT EVEN IF WE DO NOT CHOOSE TO RAISE THE RATE AT ALL, THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST BOND IN THE HISTORY OF TEXAS.
THAT'S A PRODUCT OF US BEING A VERY LARGE DISTRICT IN A CITY WITH A LOT OF PROPERTY, AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE THE LARGEST IN TEXAS REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO.
BUT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ADDING ANOTHER 1.3 BILLION, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CLEARLY ARTICULATE WHY GOING FROM 4.9 TO 6.2 IS NECESSARY.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT DOES THAT BUY US THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE, OR WHAT WOULD WE LOSE IF WE DON'T GET THERE? ALSO BEING ABLE TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT.
WHILE I DO BELIEVE IT'S THE LARGEST IN THE HISTORY OF TEXAS, DO IT ON A PER CAPITA BASIS.
I DOUBT IT IS THE LARGEST IN THE HISTORY OF TEXAS.
IN FACT, I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF IT'S THE LARGEST IN DALLAS COUNTY.
THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME OTHERS THAT HAVE ON A PER CAPITA BASIS, MUCH HIGHER AMOUNTS THAT ARE RAISED AND SO DOING WHAT WE CAN TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS DRIVEN AS MUCH BY SIMPLY OUR SIZE AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS.
BUT THAT SHOULDN'T SCARE US JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LARGE NUMBER.
INSTEAD, WE SHOULD BE USING OBJECTIVE CRITERIA TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THAT PROCESS GOES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE CURRIE. TRUSTEE CARREÓN.
>> I NEED THAT LITTLE TIME OR THING, IS WHAT I NEED.
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[LAUGHTER] THEN I'LL JUST WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE COMMUNITY APPOINTEES FOR THE WORK THAT EVERYONE HAS DONE TO BRING US TO THIS POINT.IT WAS A LOT OF WORK. IT WAS A LOT OF MEETINGS.
IT WAS A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS CONVERSATION TO US IN A WAY THAT HAS ANSWERED MANY QUESTIONS FOR US SO THAT WE CAN THEN ENGAGE IN OUR WAY.
MY TAKEAWAYS, AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, TAKING AWAY WHAT THE POTENTIAL SIZE OF THE BOND COULD BE IN TERMS OF 4.9 AND 6.25, TAKING AWAY WHAT THAT DOES TO THE INS TAX RATE.
FOR SURE, TAKING AWAY THE IMPACT THAT THAT COULD HAVE ON TAXPAYERS TO JUST EITHER NO TAX INCREASE OR $2.79 A MONTH.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I NOW KNOW TODAY THAT I DID NOT KNOW YESTERDAY.
WHAT I BELIEVE, WHAT SQUARES? A LOT OF THE SQUARES IN TERMS OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, I'LL SPEAK FOR DISTRICT DATE SPECIFICALLY, AS I ATTENDED THE POP UPS, AND OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION THAT THE TRUSTEE LEAD COMMUNITY CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HOST AND OTHER CONVERSATIONS.
THIS TRACKS WITH WHAT I FELT PEOPLE WERE SAYING.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT A SCHOOL THAT'S 70-YEARS-OLD, STEVENS PARK, ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT SAME AGE.
THOSE TRACK ARE STILL CIRCLING IN MY HEAD.
MAYBE THIS CAN BE ANSWERED NOW TONIGHT IS THE BOARD DID HAVE ACCESS TO THESE DRAFT ONE PAGES.
I RECOGNIZE THAT THEY'RE STILL IN DRAFT FORM, AND THE BOARD NEEDS TO DECIDE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY THE DIRECTION THAT THE BOARD IS GOING TO GO.
BUT I KNOW IN MY COMMUNITY MEETING, THERE WAS AT LEAST SOME INDICATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THOSE COULD BE POSTED HERE PRETTY SOON FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.
IF WE CAN DO THAT AND FOLLOW UP ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS FOR ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I WILL ANSWER THAT QUESTION NOW.
IF NOT, THIS EVENING TOMORROW, WE WILL GET THOSE POSTED FOR EVERYONE TO SEE ALL OF THEM.
YES, THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GARCIA.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR SHARING SO MUCH INFORMATION AND FOR SPENDING THE TIME.
I THINK ONE OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS IS JUST HOW MANY OPPORTUNITIES THERE HAVE BEEN FOR INPUT, AND OBVIOUSLY, THROUGH TRUSTEES AND THROUGH SHARING EVEN MORE INFORMATION TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
ALSO, I KNOW THAT ECHOING SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, SOME OF THE NEEDS VERSUS, I KNOW IT'S GREAT TO DREAM BIG, AS I SAY, BUT SOMETIMES WITH OUR LIMITS, WE HAVE TO GO BASED ON DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS, SO HAVING THE COMPLETE PICTURE IS IMPORTANT, I KNOW THAT IN REVIEW OF THE INDIVIDUAL BUILDING UPDATES.
I KNOW SOME OF MINE, I NOTICED THAT THERE'S STILL PENDING SOME, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S STILL SOME WORK BEING DONE ON SOME OF THOSE CAMPUSES.
SEEING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ONCE WE'RE GOING OUT OR HOPEFULLY GOING TO ASK FOR A BOND, WOULD BE GREAT.
AS FAR AS LEARNINGS, THIS IS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN THIS PROCESS.
I FEEL LIKE AS A JUST RECENTLY BEING A NORMAL CITIZEN WITHOUT THIS RESPONSIBILITY.
>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH, AND ALSO I APPRECIATE JUST THINKING OF THAT, APPRECIATE TRANSPARENCY AND KNOWING THAT THESE ARE INFORMED DECISIONS AND THAT WE'VE GIVEN PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE.
I KEEP THINKING ABOUT RESPONSE, RESPONSE OF VOTERS THAT ARE HARD TO REACH, PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE CONFUSION.
I THINK IN MY GROUP DAN AND I, COMMUNICATION BEING SO IMPORTANT, BUT BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ON THAT PATH.
I KNOW SOMETHING THAT THAT'S I THINK I FINISHED ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WAS IN TERMS OF AVERAGE AGE OF BUILDINGS.
I WAS ASKING SPECIFICS AROUND WHICH QUADRANTS, I KNOW THAT THAT'S A AGGREGATE NUMBER, BUT I KNOW WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST, THAT'LL BE A QUESTION I AM ASKED.
I KNOW DAN ALSO WILL PROBABLY SHARE ABOUT SURROUNDING AREAS IN NORTH TEXAS.
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>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GARCIA. TRUSTEE MITSKI.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST, I WANT TO START OUT WITH WHAT I SAID TO EACH ONE OF THE TABLES.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE PROCESS AND THE PRESENTATION.
I FOUND IT TO BE VERY CLEAR AND CONCISE AND YET AT THE SAME TIME, PROVIDE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND THOROUGH OVERVIEW.
I REALLY ALSO APPRECIATE THE USE OF OBJECTIVE DATA.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL COME OUT OF OUR BOARD MEETING IN JANUARY WILL BE BASED ON NOT WHO SCREAMS THE LOUDEST, WHO WANTS A NEW SCHOOL MORE, BUT BASED ON THE DATA THAT HAS BEEN GATHERED THROUGH THESE MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF THE FCI SCORES AND THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE SCORES.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE OUR DATA INFORM OUR DECISIONS.
I ALSO THOUGHT THAT THE COMMUNICATION OF PROP C AND PROP D COULD BE BETTER, AND I EXPRESSED THIS SEVERAL TIMES THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT AN ATATORIUM IS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE ON A SEPARATE LINE AND REALLY BE NICE IF WE COULD SAY THAT WE ARE PAIRING AGING SWIMMING POOLS AND TO MAKE THEM SAFER AND MORE MODERN AS OPPOSED TO JUST ASSUMING THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT AN AUDITORIUM IS.
I WASN'T REALLY PART OF MY WORKING VOCABULARY UNTIL I WAS ON THE BOARD.
THEN PROPOSITION C, I THINK, NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED IN A BETTER WAY.
I DON'T HAVE THE LANGUAGE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT PROPOSITION C IS THE ONE WHERE THE $140 MILLION FOR THE BRIDGE PLAN OF 2014, I THINK IT WAS, WAS USED FROM THE OPERATING BUDGET, AND THEN WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IT INTO THE 2026 BOND AND SAVE MONEY.
THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE A BETTER WAY TO SAY THAT.
I ALSO LIKE WHAT DID I LEARN THAT SQUARES WITH MY BELIEFS.
I DO THINK PUTTING AS MUCH AS WE CAN INTO PROPOSITION A IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO BECAUSE HAVING LOTS OF DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS LIKE WE DID IN 2020, I THINK WE HAD FIVE PROPOSITIONS IN 2020, AND THREE OF THEM FAILED.
BUT I THINK HAVING SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS TO VOTE ON, YOU ALMOST FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO VOTE NO ON SOMETHING.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU STRIP OUT ATHLETICS, FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE THINK, WELL, THAT CAN'T REALLY BE THAT IMPORTANT.
BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE GROWTH OF THE WHOLE CHILD.
IF I COULD JUST SAY TWO WORDS, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR TECHNOLOGY AND WHAT ARE OUR TOTAL NEEDS? IS THE SECOND POINT.
WHAT ARE OUR TOTAL NEEDS? IF WE COULD HAVE A BOND PROGRAM THAT COVERED EVERYTHING WE REALLY THINK WE NEEDED TO DO TO GET OUR SCHOOLS IN IN REALLY TOP NOTCH CONDITION.
WHAT IS THAT NUMBER? I'M SURE IT'S NOT SIX POINT 0.2 BILLION.
I'M SURE IT'S A HIGHER NUMBER, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MITSKI. TRUSTEE WEINBERG.
>> THANK YOU. THREE OF MY KEY TAKEAWAYS BEFORE I SAY THOSE, IS FIRST, I HAVE GRATITUDE, I APPRECIATE THE THOROUGHNESS WITH WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION HAS GONE ABOUT CARRYING OUT THE EXPLORATION OF THIS BOND.
TAKEAWAYS ARE THAT NOW WE HAVE SOME NAMED PARAMETERS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT.
A TAKEAWAY FROM THAT IS THAT WHAT I LEARNED AND WHAT I SEE MORE CLEARLY IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF EFFICIENCIES TO BE GAINED IN ADDITION TO GREATER STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND OUTCOME EFFECTIVENESS.
THERE'S SOME EFFICIENCIES AS WE SPEND THIS MONEY, IT GIVES US VISIBILITY ON ALSO SAVING MONEY, BEING THE FINANCE PERSON THAT I AM.
BOTH THAT COMBINATION OF IMPROVING STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND BEING MORE EFFICIENT IS ATTRACTIVE.
I ALSO LIKE THAT IT'S BEEN, AGAIN, A VERY THOROUGH PROCESS.
YOU LOOK AT THAT BOND TIMELINE.
IT'S SO SMALL, YOU CAN HARDLY READ IT.
YOU GOT TO REALLY BLOW IT UP, BUT DRIVEN BY I THINK A VERY RESPECTABLE COMBINATION OF BOTH DATA, GOOD OBJECTIVE DATA AND COMMUNITY VOICE.
I THINK I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THAT HAS GONE INTO ALL THE TIME INVESTED IN
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GATHERING THAT FEEDBACK SO THAT WE ARE CLEAR THAT STUDENT EXPERIENCE, SAFETY ARE TOP OF MINE FOR FOLKS AND FACILITIES.FINALLY, IN TERMS OF TAKEAWAY, I THINK I'M SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH WE CAN ACCOMPLISH.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN ON A PER STUDENT BASIS OR ON A $0.01 TAX INCREASE, WHICH IS REALLY A OVERALL TAX RATE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPH DECREASE OVER TIME, BUT IT'S ONE SUBSET WHERE YOU CAN INCREASE IT A LITTLE BIT AND GET A LOT OF BANG FOR YOUR BUCK IN TERMS OF JUST FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND THE COSTS THAT COME WITH THAT, THAT TRADE IS REALLY PROBABLY GOING TO THE END QUESTION CIRCLING IN MY HEAD, IS THAT HOW DO I GRAPPLE WITH THAT CONCEPT? WHAT I LEARNED THAT SQUARES WITH MY BELIEFS IS THAT THROUGH THE PROCESS IN BRINGING THIS PACKAGE TO US, WHAT WAS PRIORITIZED? FIRST, WAS STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND STUDENT OUTCOMES.
AGAIN, I THINK COMMUNITY VOICE, MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS HEARD AND REFLECTED AND THEN COMBINED WITH THAT DATA.
AGAIN, THOSE THINGS THAT SQUARES WITH MY BELIEFS, AND I THINK THAT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE.
I APPRECIATE THE CLEAR AND CONCISE AND COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATION FROM YOU ALL, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MY COLLEAGUES QUESTIONS, UNDERSTANDING MORE AND DIGGING IN, JUST TAKING SOME TIME AND ABSORBING THIS REALLY THOROUGHLY, AND APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL HAVE LEFT THE DOOR OPEN FOR US TO CIRCLE BACK AND FOLLOW UP WITH MORE PROCESS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WEINBERG.
IS TRUSTEE SANDERS STILL ON LINE?
>> YOU CAN TELL MY BACKGROUND IS HAMS. IT'S A LITTLE LOUD IN THERE, AND SO I WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE HEARD.
APOLOGIES HAD A PRE EXISTING COMMITMENT THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY HARD COMMITMENT. I COULDN'T GET OUT OF.
THE THINGS THAT REALLY SIT OUT TO ME, THREE KEY TAKEAWAYS.
ONE, I APPRECIATE IT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS.
EVEN THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING WOULD BE BRAND NEW SCHOOLS.
I I I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT'S PUTTING THAT TYPE OF INVESTMENT, PROPOSING THAT TYPE OF INVESTMENT FORWARD.
AS A DISTRICT THAT IS SEEING SIGNIFICANT RENOVATION OR NEW SCHOOLS, IT'S CONNECTED TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
I'M PROUD THAT WE'RE BEING THAT BOLD.
TECHNOLOGY WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A TECHNOLOGY RENAISSANCE.
WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE CONNECTIVITY AND THAT THEY HAVE CONNECTIVITY BOTH TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE IN THE BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO WHEN THEY GO HOME AND IN COMMUNITY.
MAKING THAT TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE LAST TAKEAWAY THAT I WAS JUST FLAGGING IS, THE COMMUNITY WAS LOUD AND CLEAR, THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FROM OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND WHAT I WOULD HEAR IN MY CONVERSATIONS BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER MY COMMUNITY MEETINGS AS SAFETY.
GIVEN THE INCIDENTS THAT I'VE HAD IN DISTRICT 5 AT WILMER HUTCHINS, JUST A BIG EXCLAMATION POINT THAT THIS INVESTMENT HAS GOT TO SHORE IT UP, AND IT'S NOT JUST A MONEY NUMBER, BUT IT'S THE WAY WE EXECUTE ON IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, SO THAT ACCOUNTABILITY TOWARD THIS, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STUDENT SAFETY IS JUST REALLY KEY. I WANTED TO FLAG THAT.
WHAT I LEARNED A SQUARES WITH MY BELIEFS IS THAT I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE SHOW UP.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN US DO FORAY OUT INTO POTENTIALLY WORKFORCE HOUSING.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN US DO SOMETHING IN THE SPACE WHERE WE COULD MAKE A MORE ROBUST INVESTMENT IN VARIOUS OTHER CAPACITIES, MAYBE IN OUR SUSTAINABILITY TO BRING MORE REVENUE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS A BOND THAT HAS STAYED TRUE TO COMMUNITY VOICE AND COMMUNITY INPUT.
THAT'S THE THING THAT I'M EXCITED TO ADVOCATE FOR TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BEING HEARD AND THAT THEY'RE GETTING WHAT THEY'VE NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME COMING.
LAST THING IS WHAT'S STILL CIRCLING IN MY HEAD? BIGGEST THING CIRCLING IN MY HEAD IS WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT
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OUR RENOVATION PLANS ARE GOING TO BE PER SCHOOL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.THEN I'M INTERESTED IN HOW WE'RE PROJECTING POPULATIONS AS OPPOSED TO JUST LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT SNAPSHOT.
I KNOW WE FACTORED SOME OF THAT IN.
I FEEL THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE HAVING MUCH MORE ROBUST DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS THAT WOULD AFFECT AND PROBABLY SHOULD AFFECT HOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE SCHOOLS THERE, IN PLACES WHERE WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH, ALSO IN PLACES WHERE WE'RE NOT SEEING, OR WE'RE SEEING A RECEDING OF THE NUMBER OF DALLAS ISD HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES.
I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT INFORMATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SO WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS, NOT JUST FOR TODAY, BUT FOR THE FUTURE.
THEN, LASTLY, OUR ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.
I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
I KNOW WE'RE EARLY, BUT IT'S NOT TOO EARLY FOR US TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE WITH AN INVESTMENT OF THIS AMOUNT.
I THINK WE'VE PUSHED OURSELVES QUITE A BIT, AND I KNOW THERE'S WAYS FOR US TO GO.
I LOVE THE BOND DASHBOARD, BUT HOW DO WE TAKE THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL SO THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PLAN IS, WHEN THINGS ARE HAPPENING, WHAT STAGES WE'RE IN? ALSO, IF THERE ARE CHANGES, WE DO IT ABOVE BOARD.
ALL THE TRUSTEES UNDERSTAND, AND IT FEELS VERY MUCH MORE OFFICIAL AS THIS BOND CONTINUES TO ROLL OUT, ASSUMING WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.
WE'RE CONCLUDING THIS PART, AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE JUST ABOUT TWO OR THREE MINUTE RECESS IN TERMS OF BEFORE YOU BEGIN OUR BOARD MEETING, PRESIDENT GARRON, BECAUSE I'D LIKE OUR TEAM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE TABLES.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I SEE SOME OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT STAFF THAT ARE IN THE ROOM.
IF THEY WOULD PLEASE STAND AND TALK ABOUT VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEERS.
COME ON, Y'ALL. COME ON, PLEASE STAND.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THESE, RAY [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE TRULY REPRESENTED YOU ALL, BOARD MEMBERS EXTREMELY WELL AND THE COMMUNITY, AND ARE JUST DEDICATED TO DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AT THIS TIME, THIS CONCLUDES THIS PORTION, AND OUR TEAM WILL HELP REMOVE THESE TABLES.
THEN, PRESIDENT GARRON, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> TRUSTEE, THE TIME IS 6:18 PM.
WE WILL BEGIN THE NEXT MEETING IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.