[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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P.M. ON TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH, 2026. ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE.AT THIS TIME. I WILL ASK SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR THERESA WILLIAMS TO PLEASE VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT. TYRA.
THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING WILL REFLECT EACH MEMBER'S ATTENDANCE AND THEIR VOTE ON ANY ITEM.
ADDITIONALLY, THE APPROVED MINUTES IN ANY ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS AND THE RECORDING OF THIS MEETING WILL BE POSTED ON OUR DISTRICT'S WEBSITE NO LATER THAN SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS AFTER TODAY'S MEETING. BOARD MEMBERS, WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THE ROLL CALL.
KINDLY PLEASE RESPOND WHEN YOUR NAME IS ANNOUNCED. LAUREN TYRA.
I'M PRESENT. NANCY HUMPHREY. PRESENT. TARRAH LANTZ.
ELISA KLEIN. PRESENT. KATHERINE GOODWIN. PRESENT.
ON MY RIGHT, MR. JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS, EMPLOYEE SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY.
MISS LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING.
DOCTOR PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
DOCTOR COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT SUCCESS.
MR. IVAN CANTU, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STRATEGY AND INNOVATION.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO ON THE AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY AT BOARD MEETINGS AND WORK SESSIONS.
THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THIS TIME. DOCTOR FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS? PRESIDENT TYRA, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CAN SKIP A COUPLE PAGES HERE.
[3. CLOSED SESSION ]
THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE. SECTION 551.071. AS A SPECIAL NOTE, THE INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY AUDIT HAS BEEN OVERSEEN BY THE BOARD AUDIT SUBCOMMITTEE TONIGHT. THE FULL BOARD WILL HEAR A PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM THE THIRD PARTY FIRM IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS.THE TIME IS NOW. 5:32 P.M.. ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION.
[4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION ]
THE TIME IS 11:59 P.M.. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK HAS NOT JOINED US FOR THE MEETING.HE DID NOT JOIN US IN OPEN SESSION OR IN CLOSED SESSION OR.
NOW THAT WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA ]
AGENDA ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.IT CONSISTS OF ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL WITH NO DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBERS.
ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. SEEING AND HEARING NONE. TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA. I SECOND. THANK YOU TRUSTEES. I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S SIX HANDS UP.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT, CONSENT AGENDA.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE REPORT SECTION OF THE MEETING.
[6. REPORTS ]
WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM 6.1 2025-2026 PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD UPDATE.HOLD ON. MY CLICKER'S NOT CLICKING. THANK YOU.
JOSH. OH, THAT ONE'S CLICKING. OKAY. IT SUPPORTS STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE EXPERIENCING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM TO IDENTIFY THOSE BARRIERS AND HELP TO REMOVE THEM. THIS IS THE PROCESS OF TIERED INTERVENTIONS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
TIER ONE, AS YOU RECALL, IS SOMETHING WE CALL UNIVERSAL PREVENTION.
ALL STUDENTS GET THE ATTENDANCE LETTERS AND NOTIFICATIONS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
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AND THEN THOSE INTERVENTIONS AS THEY START TO EXPERIENCE ABSENTEEISM, INCREASE TO THE FOURTH BOX THERE, WHICH IS A REFERRAL TO PARB. IF PARB IS NOT SUCCESSFUL, THEN THE LAST INTERVENTION THAT WE HAVE IS TO REFER THEM TO TRUANCY COURT. I HAVE THIS SLIDE HERE TO JUST BEGIN TO EXPLAIN SORT OF THE IMPACT THAT PARB HAS, NOT ONLY ON THE STUDENTS SUCCESS AS A STUDENT, BUT JUST AS IN ATTENDANCE.SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE I TOOK FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
JUST TO DOUBLE DOWN ON KEEPING IT CONFIDENTIAL OF WHO THE KID IS.
BUT HE WAS, WENT TO PARB ON SEPTEMBER 25TH. AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THAT WAS THE 33RD DAY OF SCHOOL.
AFTER PARB, HE FINISHED THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH 141 MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL, AND OUT OF THOSE 141 ADDITIONAL DAYS, HE HAD ONLY MISSED SEVEN GIVING HIM AN ATTENDANCE RATE OF 95 AND OVERALL ATTENDANCE RATE OF 86.
IF WE LOOK AT THAT DIFFERENCE. THAT WAS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO CALL IT SAVINGS.
I ALMOST WANT TO CALL IT SALVAGED ADA A LITTLE OVER 3000.
SO USING THAT TYPE OF MATH, IF YOU WILL, WE DID THAT FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS AND THAT YOU CAN SEE THE ESTIMATED SALVAGED ADA OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. WHEN WE LOOK AT PARB ATTENDANCE IMPROVEMENT, I SHOWED YOU THE ADA SALE, SALVAGEABLE ADA THAT WE HAD. THIS IS THE OVERALL ATTENDANCE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STUDENTS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT LIFE BEFORE PARB, WE WERE FILING THAT 444 IS A BIT OF AN ANOMALY.
MOST OF THE TIME IT'S ABOUT 200 COURT FILINGS A YEAR.
IN 2018, 19, 20, 19-20 THOSE WERE THE LAST TWO YEARS WE HAD BEFORE PARB.
AND THAT'S HOW MANY STUDENTS WE REFERRED TO COURT.
I SHOULD SAY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT WERE REFERRED TO COURT.
WE IMPLEMENTED PARB DURING COVID OF ALL YEARS, AND THAT FIRST YEAR WE ONLY HAD TO SEND 17 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO COURT, AND THEREAFTER YOU COULD SEE THOSE NUMBERS. I ALSO POINTED OUT BELOW THE DATES.
HOW MANY TOTAL REFERRALS WE HAD OR HAVE. JUST SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE WE'RE REALLY SEEING THE SAME AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT WE USED TO SEE THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY GOING TO COURT. NOW THEY'RE GOING TO PARB AND HAVING MUCH MORE SUCCESS WITH THEM HERE.
WE DO MANY THINGS WITH OUR CAMPUSES AND THE CAMPUS, DO THINGS ON THE CAMPUS TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS THAT WE GIVE OUT TO CAMPUSES AND CAMPUSES DO THE SAME THING ON THEIR OWN CAMPUS. AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE EXAMPLES.
I'M NOT GOING TO SHOW VIDEOS. LASTLY, OUR PARB IS REALLY ONE OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE STATE.
AND AS SUCH, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF RECOGNITION, HAD A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS COME AND VISIT US.
AND MANY DISTRICTS HAVE A SIMILAR MODEL IN THEIR OWN DISTRICT THAT THEY TOOK FROM US.
IT'S ABOUT $96,000 AND IT RUNS THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 27.
OH, NO. NO, 26 THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AND THAT'S THE FIRST YEAR OF A THREE YEAR GRANT.
SO WE'RE PRETTY PROUD ABOUT THAT. THAT IS OUR PART.
I'M SORRY FOR THE BREVITY, BUT I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR GLOVER FOR THE GREAT REPORT. TRUSTEES QUESTIONS COMMENTS ON THE REPORT.
I DO WANT YOU TO PLAY THAT VIDEO IF YOU CAN, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WATCHING THESE VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE REALLY, THEY'RE SO COOL BECAUSE I LOVE HEARING FROM THE STUDENTS.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO'S FLIPPING THIS LINE. JOSH IS GO AHEAD.
JOSH. BUT SECOND, THEY'RE LIKE, WHY DOES COMING TO SCHOOL MATTER? CAN YOU PLAY THAT VIDEO? BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SEE.
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THERE'S AUDIO, JOSH, IF YOU CAN.HIM. SEEING MY FRIENDS AND LIKE MEETING NEW PEOPLE OVERALL.
CLUBS AND ELECTIVES ESPECIALLY, I THINK MY FRIENDS AND PALS IS WHAT IS WORTH COMING TO SCHOOL FOR BECAUSE WE GET TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND ALSO I JUST LOVE ALL THE AND VALUE ALL OF MY FRIENDSHIPS THAT ARE HERE.
I'M ALSO GONNA ADD TO THAT I LOVE THE OFFICER BECAUSE HE MAKES IT WORTH COMING TO SCHOOL WITH ME.
I'M JUST HANGING OUT WITH THE PALS. AND REALLY, THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT.
THEY'RE ALWAYS SUPER SUPPORTIVE AND RESPECTFUL AND KIND.
THE SPORTS FOR SCHOOL, IT'S LIKE REALLY FUN. STUDENT ATHLETES.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOOD GRADES, LIKE IN ORDER TO PLAY THE SPORTS.
BEING ABLE TO FINISH MY TESTS SO I DON'T HAVE TO STRESS ANYMORE.
HANGING OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND LIKE GETTING READY FOR COLLEGE.
SO YOU SEE MY FRIENDS AND PARTICIPATING IN ALL MY EXTRACURRICULARS.
YOU GET TO MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE AND MAKE GREAT BONDS.
BEING IN THE COMMUNITY AND KNOWING THAT WE'LL MAKE AN IMPACT ON THIS DAY.
IT'S ONLY WORTH GOING TO SCHOOL IS JUST TO SEE FRIENDS.
I THINK MY FRIENDS EVERY DAY, BEING IN THE POSITION TO LEARN WITH MY FRIENDS.
MY FRIENDS. YEAH. MY FRIENDS. YEAH. YEAH. AND MY, MY AMAZING CLASS TEACHER GETTING TO EXPERIENCE SO MANY NEW LESSONS WITH MY FRIENDS. BEING ABLE TO GET A GOOD EDUCATION, HOW DID THE EXPERIENCE YOU OFFERED TO ME TO HELP SUPPORT MY EXPERIENCE ENDS]. I THINK IT'S JUST A GOOD REMINDER OF WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.
AND I'VE BEEN SEEING THESE VIDEOS COMING OUT ON ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I THINK THEY'VE BEEN NOT ONLY VERY WELL DONE, BUT JUST PERSONALLY INSPIRING TO ME. SO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS TRUSTEES.
GO AHEAD SAM. JUST CURIOUS, DID WE COME UP WITH THIS ON OUR OWN? IS THIS PART OF LIKE A BIGGER MOVEMENT BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME.
AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO GIVE HER THE CREDIT FOR THAT.
IT CAME ABOUT FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED. I THINK IT WAS 2016, 2017.
IT MADE IT A BIT MORE LABORIOUS FOR, FOR SCHOOLS TO, TO FILE TRUANCY.
AND NOT ALL IN A BAD WAY THOUGH. I THINK SOME OF THE CHANGES IN THE LAW WERE GOOD.
IT. BUT THEN THE BIGGER PROBLEM WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR COUNTY COURT SERVES MANY LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FRISCO AND PLANO BEING THE LARGEST. AND SO WE WOULD FILE TRUANCY ON A STUDENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GIVING AN EXAMPLE IN OCTOBER, AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE SEEN UNTIL APRIL.
AND SO WHAT'S THE POINT? THAT, AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THE COURT CAN IN HELPING OUR KIDS. AND SO WE JUST CAME UP WITH A MODEL. AND TRUTHFULLY, OUR ORIGINAL IDEA WAS FOR IT TO BE MORE LIKE A COURT.
AND SO THAT WAS SORT OF THE ROLE WE WERE GOING DOWN.
BUT IT SORT OF ENDED UP BEING COURT LIKE, BUT A LITTLE, A LOT MORE, I SHOULD SAY, PERSONABLE FOR THE FAMILIES AND COMFORTABLE IN MORE OF A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO OPEN UP AND SHARE WHAT'S GOING ON.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WAS JUST CURIOUS, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY AMAZING.
I MEAN, THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. SO THANK YOU.
THANKS. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. OUR NEXT REPORT ON IS AGENDA ITEM 6.2.
2026 2027 COMPENSATION PLAN. I WILL INVITE DOCTOR DWAYNE KENDALL, CHIEF OF EMPLOYEE SERVICES, TO PLEASE PRESENT. DOCTOR WILLIAMS. OH GOOD MORNING. IT IS THAT TIME. I THINK IT WAS MORNING THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT COMPENSATION.
SO JUST A FEW THINGS TO SHARE TODAY. OF COURSE, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE LOOK AT OUR PLANS AND PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. AND OUR GOAL IS, OF COURSE, TO ALWAYS BE IN A POSITION FOR THE DISTRICT TO ATTRACT THE MOST TALENTED STAFF THAT WE CAN.
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WE'RE TALKING ACROSS THE BOARD. OUR CAFETERIA STAFF, OUR STAFF, OUR BUS DRIVERS, OUR AIDES IN THE CLASSROOM, ALL OF THOSE FOLKS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS AS WE'RE LOOKING.WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION TO BE COMPETITIVE.
AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY WE CAN PAY STAFF THEIR WORTH.
WE HAVE DYNAMIC STAFF, AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO PAY THEM THEIR EXACT WORDS.
BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO ENSURE THAT THE COMPENSATION WE PRESENT IS COMPETITIVE.
LAST YEAR, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STATUS OF COMPENSATION.
YOU CAN EITHER LEAD, YOU CAN LAG, WHICH IS GOING TO PUT YOU BEHIND OR YOU CAN MEET.
WE LOOK AT WHAT THE MARKET IS SAYING. AND WE MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU GUYS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AS WE ENGAGE IN THE COMPENSATION DISCUSSION FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, IS TO REFLECT ON WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. THERE WAS A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION BY THE BOARD REGARDING OUR COMPENSATION PACKAGE.
AND THE THING THAT I HAVE TRIED TO TOUT IS THAT THAT CONVERSATION WAS HAPPENING BEFORE.
TEA SAID, THIS IS WHAT TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEED TO DO.
THAT IS FANTASTIC. BUT THAT RANGE WAS 4% TO 8.5.
SO WE DID HAVE A RANGE THERE, BUT THAT AVERAGE WAS REALLY STRONG.
AND DOCTOR, CAN I MAKE ONE REAL QUICK COMMENT ON THAT? ON THE 4% ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 8.5 AS AS TEACHERS HAD MORE EXPERIENCE, THEY WERE REWARDED FOR THAT LONGEVITY.
SO AS YOU THE VERY FIRST COUPLE OF STEPS WAS THE 4%.
BUT AS YOU GOT UP TO 2025, THAT'S WHERE YOU SAW THE 8.5.
SO JUST AN INCENTIVE FOR LONGEVITY WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
JUST TO REVIEW, WE HAD THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT, WHICH WAS THE EXPECTATION SET IN PLACE BY TEA AND WE REALLY FOCUSED ON AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT OF MORE THAN 5000 STUDENTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE HONORING THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THEY SET THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S THE NOTATION THAT WE SPENT APPROXIMATELY $3.2 MILLION OF OUR BUDGET DOLLARS TRYING TO INCREASE THE PAY RAISE FOR OUR ALLOTMENT OF TEACHERS. ALSO AS A PART OF THAT HB TWO LAST YEAR, THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION TO INCREASE THE PAY FOR OUR PARA AUXILIARY STAFF, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT TASK AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT YEAR THAT WAS A PART OF THE HB TWO, IS ENSURING THAT THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE PAY PROVIDED TO CERTIFIED TEACHERS VERSUS UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS.
OUR CERTIFIED TEACHERS WOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE UP WITH WHATEVER COMPENSATION PLAN WE HAVE.
AND THAT'S STILL A VERY ROBUST PLAN FOR SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT YET HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATION COMPLETED.
AND AS SOON AS THEY HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATION COMPLETED, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE TO THE NEW HIRE SCHEDULE SO THAT OPPORTUNITY STILL EXISTS. AND IT ACTUALLY HOPEFULLY SERVES AS ENCOURAGEMENT TO GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR CERTIFICATION, SINCE THAT IS GOING TO BE AN EXPECTATION BY TO AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST A REVIEW. THIS IS INFORMATION THAT YOU SAW LAST YEAR, BUT WE'VE ADDED 25-26, INCLUDING THAT RANGE OF 4 TO 8.5% TO REPRESENT WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR.
SO THE FIRST COLUMN REFLECTS 24-25, AND WE WERE THE SIX THAT YOU SEE THERE NEXT TO PLANO.
OUR POSITION WAS POSITION SIX LAST YEAR IN 24-25.
OKAY. WHEN WE MADE THE WHEN THE BOARD APPROVED THE CHANGES AND THE RAISES WE MOVED TO POSITION FOUR FOR 25,25-26. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DISTINCTION WAS THERE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR YEAR FIVE, YEAR TEN, AND YEAR 15.
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WE ALONG WITH ONE OTHER DISTRICT, HAVE FEWER DAYS THAN MOST OF THE DISTRICTS AROUND US, BUT THE PAY IS STILL COMPETITIVE, SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NUMBER ONE THERE AND PLANO, IT'S ABOUT A $7 A DAY DIFFERENCE THAT IS ABOUT $1,300, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE DISTRICT IS BRINGING TO THE TABLE.AND WE DO BELIEVE THAT PLANO BRINGS A LOT THAT MAKES THAT $7 DIFFERENCE WORTH BEING HERE.
SO AS WE REALLY LOOKED AT WHAT COULD WE PROPOSE OR WHAT WOULD WE FEEL THE BEST ABOUT PROPOSING FOR THIS YEAR? THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE CONSIDERED, BUT THOSE PRIMARY CONSIDERATIONS WERE THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE A DECLINING ENROLLMENT THAT IMPACTS US SIGNIFICANTLY. SO YOU SEE THAT PROJECTED BUDGET DEFICIT OF MINIMUM OF 43,000, 43 MILLION.
WISH IT WERE 43,000. 43 MILLION. WE ALSO HAVE LOOKED AT OUR MARKET ANALYSIS.
AND THEN THE HB TWO ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE.
THOSE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER. ALL RIGHT.
SO WITH THAT, OUR RECOMMENDATION AS WE LOOK FOR THE NEXT YEAR DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE THAT BUDGET DEFICIT, WE DO FEEL THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK OF EMPLOYEES BY CONTINUING WITH SOME SORT OF RAISE.
AND AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, IT'S A STRETCH, BUT WE FEEL THAT 2% WOULD BE A REASONABLE RAISE FOR THAT WITH THE 64,000 NEW TEACHER HIRING SCHEDULE, THAT WOULD BE THE YEAR ONE.
AND I WILL SAY WE DID LOOK AT ADJUSTING YEARS ONE THROUGH FOUR, YEAR FIVE.
YOU WILL SEE THAT THAT IS THE SAME AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY, BUT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT GAP BETWEEN YEAR FOUR AND FIVE BECAUSE THAT'S STILL BASED ON THE ALLOTMENT PLAN FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND THEN WE ALSO ARE PROPOSING MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH ARE OUR PRACTICE OF GOING IN, LOOKING AT WHAT TASB HAS IDENTIFIED, LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO VARIOUS PAY, GRADES AND POSITIONS AS NEEDED. SO LOOKING AT THAT IN ACTION, AS I TALKED ABOUT THE YEARS ONE, TWO AND THREE, ACTUALLY ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR THESE YEARS, HERE ARE THE WHERE YOU WILL SEE A CHANGE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR FROM YEAR FIVE THROUGH YEAR 20. THOSE REMAIN THE SAME. BUT AGAIN, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 4 AND 5 ALREADY THAT'S BUILT IN.
THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION. LOOKING AT THIS AS A SUMMARY BREAKDOWN, WE CAN SEE THAT THAT 2% EMPLOYEE RAISE WOULD BE ABOUT 7.4 MILLION, THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, ABOUT 500,000 THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT.
LOOKING AT OUR 26-27 STAFFING, AND THAT'S JUST WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT, IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT MAY NEED TO BE IN PLACE, POSITIONS THAT MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED LOOKING AT ABOUT 1.5 MILLION.
ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE, BUT APPROXIMATELY THAT AND THEN YOU'VE HEARD COURTNEY REEVES SHARE ABOUT OUR PAYROLL EFFICIENCIES. WE DO SOMETIMES HAVE EFFICIENCIES WHEN POSITIONS ARE FILLED, OR THEY MAY BE FILLED BY FOLKS WITH LESSER EXPERIENCE.
SO WE SOMETIMES HAVE PAYROLL EFFICIENCIES, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT WITH THE UPCOMING YEAR, WE'LL AT LEAST HAVE 7 MILLION, WITH THE TOTAL ADJUSTMENT THERE BEING ABOUT 2.4 MILLION.
CAN I GIVE CAN I GIVE A QUICK EXAMPLE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE 26-27 STAFFING? YES. SO OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE OPENING A CTE CENTER IN THIS FALL.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT IS WHEN WE HAVE AN ADJUSTMENT IN PROGRAMING AND WE HAVE TO HAVE STAFFING THAT REFLECTS THAT, I.E. OPENING A CTE CENTER, THEN THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THAT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GIVE THAT CLARITY.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST GOING OUT AND JUST TRYING TO ADD MORE STAFF STAFFING IN A DEFICIT.
SO. ALL RIGHT. AND OF COURSE, THERE ARE ALWAYS GREAT REASONS TO JOIN THE PLANO ISD TEAM.
AND WE CONTINUE TO TOUT THOSE THINGS AS WELL.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR KENDALL. TRUSTEES. QUESTIONS. COMMENTS.
CONCERNS. HOT SPORTS OPINIONS. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS RISE OFTEN HIGHER THAN THE INCREASE OF WHAT OUR SALARIES CAN PAY.
SO IT ENDS UP BEING LIKE A WASH OR PEOPLE PAY MORE.
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DECREASING OUR TAX RATE, PROPERTY VALUES STILL RISE AND PEOPLE STILL FEEL SQUEEZED.SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU AND WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR, BUT EVERYTHING YOU MENTIONED IN THAT LAST SLIDE, I APPRECIATE LOOKING AT BEREAVEMENT BENEFITS AND A WELLNESS PROGRAM.
AND I APPRECIATE OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR HELPING OUR TEACHERS.
THERE ARE SO MANY EXTRA BENEFITS THAT WE OFFER AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT TO ME.
YOU KNOW, WHEN TEACHERS ARE LOOKING AT THEIR BOTTOM LINE AND THEIR BUDGETS, THIS IS THE STUFF THAT MAKES PLANO ISD, IN MY OPINION, BETTER THAN GOING TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. AND WHEN WE'RE OUT RECRUITING, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPRESSED.
YOU CAN'T JUST LOOK AT THE DOLLAR AS A STARTING SALARY, LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF DAYS, LOOK AT THIS.
AND THEN YOU KNOW IT'S JUST LIKE THE TAX RATE.
TAXPAYERS FEEL IT. TEACHERS FEEL IT. YOU KNOW SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE A NEVER ENDING GAME.
SO TEACHERS WE HEAR YOU, WE FEEL YOU AND WE WISH YOU COULD PAY YOU YOUR WORTH, AS YOU SAID EARLIER.
SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING HARD TO MAKE IT WORK IN THIS BUDGET DEFICIT ERA.
ABSOLUTELY. SO GOING ALONG THOSE LINES, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I DO KNOW GOING BACK TO THAT SLIDE. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PAYROLL EFFICIENCIES.
THAT'S, IS THAT INCLUDING MAYBE SOME STAFF MEMBERS THAT WERE LOSING TO RETIREMENT OR? SO WE PUT UP PARAMETERS. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.
NO, I'M SORRY, I'M JUMPING IN. BUT SO WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT PARAMETERS WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR STAFFING, WE DO, OF COURSE, THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION MODEL THAT WE FOLLOW VERY STRICTLY BUT WHAT WE DO IS OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE DO LOOK AT THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION MODEL, IF WE HAVE REDUCING NUMBER OF OF STUDENTS, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE SHOULD BE MATCHING, WE SHOULD BE MATCHING OUR PERSONNEL AS A RESULT OF THAT.
SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THERE. WE HOPE TO EXCEED THAT.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A REDUCTION OF STUDENTS, YOU SHOULD HAVE A REDUCTION OF STAFF.
IT MAKES MAKES SENSE. THAT'S THE REFLECTION OF WHAT YOU SEE UP THERE.
I WILL ADD, THOUGH, I DO THINK TO YOUR POINT THAT WHEN WE HAVE A POSITION VACATED, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REVIEW THAT POSITION FOR THE NEEDS CONSIDERING THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT. SO WE DO ENGAGE IN THAT PROCESS AND WE WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS.
WHETHER OR NOT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED, IT NEEDS TO BE ELIMINATED.
SO THAT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THAT BOTTOM LINE AS WELL.
OKAY. AND SO TO TO TARA'S POINT, DO WE HAVE A JUST MAKE CURIOUS IS, IS OUR HEALTH INSURANCE, WHAT'S GOING TO BE COMING OUT THIS NEXT YEAR? IS IT GOING UP? AND STILL I WILL SAY THIS. SO IT'S STILL, IT'S STILL SOON.
WE WON'T WE DON'T KNOW THAT INFORMATION YET. BUT I WILL SAY WE WE TAKE AND DOCTOR KENDALL, YOU'LL KNOW THIS, BUT WE HAVE WHAT ABOUT 60% OF OUR STAFF THAT TAKE THESE.
I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 74% THIS YEAR. OH THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S GOOD.
IT IS IT IS TRUE. I WISH WE COULD DO INCREASE ON OUR HEALTH INSURANCE AS WELL.
BUT WE TRY TO JUST TO MATCH UP THE RESOURCES THE BEST WAY WE CAN.
SO IT'S STILL TOO IT'S STILL TOO SOON TO TELL ON HEALTH INSURANCE.
WE WON'T KNOW THAT PROBABLY. I MEAN, IT'S SO THAT HEALTH INSURANCE WILL START OVER IN SEPTEMBER.
IT'S NORMALLY SUMMER BEFORE WE'LL KNOW WHAT THAT THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE.
SO IF IT'S LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR, I THINK WE WENT UP LIKE 6 TO 7% LAST YEAR.
AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT TREND WOULD BE BE CONSISTENT WITH THIS NEXT YEAR.
SO IT IS GOING UP. I'M ALMOST POSITIVE IT'LL GO UP AGAIN.
AND I THINK THE IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION, EVEN IN THAT 74%.
THAT REFLECTS THE EMPLOYEES TAKING SOME PART OF OUR HEALTH INSURANCE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN COMPREHENSIVE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL 74%.
OKAY. THANKS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN PREVIOUS YEARS IS THE WAY THAT WE WERE DOING RAISES AND TRYING TO WIDEN THE PAY BANDS, RIGHT? WE'VE HAD ALL THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT PAY BANDS, PAY BANDS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MORE SENIOR EMPLOYEES ARE NOT MAKING LIKE BARELY MORE THAN OUR
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NEW HIRES. RIGHT? AND SO I'M, I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING, AND MAYBE IT'S THE, WITH ALL THE COMPARISON DISTRICTS OR WHICHEVER SLIDE IS THE RIGHT ONE, BUT DO WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE SUFFICIENTLY WIDENING THOSE PAY BANDS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL? BECAUSE THE POINT WAS TO CHANGE THE RAISES.AND THEN WE DID SOME ADJUSTMENTS. AND THEN ALL OF THIS BUILDS ON THAT.
SO I'M, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT SPECIFIC PART OF THIS DISCUSSION.
SO ABSOLUTELY. LAST YEAR, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT OUR EFFORTS TO DECOMPRESS OUR PAY STRUCTURE.
I EVEN GAVE THE EXAMPLE THAT TYPICALLY YOU WOULD FIND IN A PAY STRUCTURE, EVEN FROM YEAR TO YEAR, A TEACHER MAY ONLY GET A $200 DIFFERENCE, NO MATTER WHOSE PAY PLAN YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO DECOMPRESS THAT AND HAVE THAT GREATER DISTANCE.
THAT'S ALSO A PART OF WHAT YOUR DISCUSSION WAS LAST YEAR AND ULTIMATELY WHAT TEA PROMOTED.
SO YOU DO SEE THAT THERE IS A GREATER DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM NOW.
AND LOOKING AT PARTICULARLY FIVE YEARS OR MORE WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR, WE DID ACTUALLY BRING A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPRESSION BACK TO YEARS ONE THROUGH, ONE THROUGH FOUR SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY.
AND I'LL GIVE THIS EXAMPLE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PAY STRUCTURE WITH OUR CONSIDERING OUR DEFICIT, WE'RE LOOKING AT, DO WE GO TO DISNEY, DO WE GO TO FORT WORTH OR DO WE HAVE A PICNIC IN THE BACKYARD? WE'RE AT THE PICNIC IN THE BACKYARD, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO REALLY DO ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT.
AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS FALL SO FAR BEHIND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT BECOMES HARD TO CATCH UP.
BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO JUMP SO FAR OUT THAT IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE, BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE WANT TO HONOR OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A PLAN THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN.
ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR KENDALL. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHTY.
I WILL INVITE MR. JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS EMPLOYEE SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
SEAT BELTS. WHAT COULD BE MORE EXCITING? RIGHT. SO THERE'S A LAW THAT CAME OUT THIS LAST SESSION, SENATE BILL 546. AND WHAT IT DOES IS REQUIRES SEAT ALL SEAT BELTS.
AND THE LAW CHANGED FROM, I THINK IT'S 2016 WHERE ON NEW BUSSES YOU HAD TO IMPLEMENT SEAT BELTS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY COMING BACK AND SAYING, OKAY, YOU NEED A YOU NEED TO LOOK AT RETROFITTING OR, OR REPLACING AND HAVING ALL BUSSES REQUIRE SEAT BELTS BY A CERTAIN TIME FRAME.
SO LET'S GO THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICK. THE SENATE BILL ALSO REQUIRES THAT TEA DO A AUDIT OR A STUDY.
THAT STUDY IS DUE BY THE END OF MAY. WE ARE WELL AWARE OF IT.
WE ARE, WE'LL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT. BUT ANOTHER PART OF THAT BILL SAYS THAT WE MUST COME TO A BOARD MEETING AND ACTUALLY HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING TO TALK ABOUT, TALK ABOUT THIS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS EVENING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT FULL COMPLIANCE REQUIRED. SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2029.
AND ONE THING WE KNOW BEFORE THAT IS WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER SESSION.
WE MUST HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS.
AND THEN THIS INFORMATION CAME OUT AND WAS REQUIRED FROM TEA IN OCTOBER.
SO WHERE ARE WE AT WITH OUR BUSSES? YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 314 BUSSES.
AND WE HAVE CURRENTLY 216 OF THOSE 314 THAT HAVE THREE POINT SEAT BELTS.
WE DO HAVE SOME BUSSES 19 THAT HAVE THE TWO, THE JUST THE TWO POINT BUSSES.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BULKING UP AND THEN BUCKLING UP.
SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WITH BETWEEN THE TWO.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE 79 BUSSES THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY SEAT BELTS CURRENTLY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SAME INFORMATION, BUT IN A PIE GRAPH, YOU CAN SEE THAT BASICALLY 68 WE'RE COMPLETELY COMPLIANT AT THIS POINT WITH ABOUT 60,69% OF OUR BUSSES. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT JUST THE AGE OF THE BUSSES, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE 2015 THROUGH THE 2019, I SAID A WHILE AGO THAT THE LAW CHANGED IN 2016.
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AND OF COURSE, WITH OUR BOND PROGRAM THAT WE HAD IN 22, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WE MADE A BIG DENT AND BEING FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THIS LAW ANYWAY, WITH 192 BUSSES FROM 2020 ALL THE WAY UP TO PRESENT, THAT'S JUST WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN A IN A COOL BAR GRAPH.OKAY, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MONEY AND WHAT WOULD IT COST TO ACTUALLY GET IN FULL COMPLIANCE? YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT THERE'S, THERE'S 98 BUSSES WITHOUT THE THREE POINT SEAT BELTS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE ANY, WHICH I THINK WAS, I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW 76, 79 PLUS THE 20, THE, YOU KNOW, PLUS THE, THE, THE ONES THAT HAVE TWO POINTS, WHICH I THINK WERE 19 BUSSES, THAT'S A TOTAL OF 98. SO IT SAYS A, A BUS TO ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW TO ACTUALLY JUST BUY ANY BUS IS ABOUT 164,000.
THOSE ARE NOT THE BUSSES, BY THE WAY. THOSE ARE ABOUT 350.
THESE ARE JUST A REGULAR BUS THAT WE NORMALLY PURCHASE 164,000.
SO IF YOU DO THE 98 TIMES 164, YOU GET ABOUT A LITTLE OVER $16.1 MILLION.
WITH THE RETROFIT, JUST REAL QUICKLY, IT'S BETWEEN 25 AND $67,000 PER BUS.
YOU HAVE TO COMPLETELY REDO THE FLOORING ON THESE BUSSES.
SO IT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE, BUT ABOUT $6.6 MILLION TO RETROFIT THESE.
ALSO RETROFITTING THE OLDEST BUSSES WE HAVE TOO, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE.
SO WHAT DO WE LOOK AT REPLACING WHAT IS OUR STANDARD? IT'S EITHER 15 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES IS WHERE WE LOOK TO REPLACE, AND WE HAVE 98 BUSSES THAT WE STILL HAVE OUTSTANDING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH BEFORE THAT DEADLINE. ONCE AGAIN, 69% WERE COMPLIANT.
THE 216 OUT OF THE THREE 1498 AND FULL COMPLIANCE IS ONCE AGAIN SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2029.
THAT IS THE VERY SHORT PRESENTATION. I DON'T KNOW IF I MADE THREE MINUTES, BUT I HOPE THAT WAS QUICK. THANK YOU JOHNNY, THAT WAS GREAT. TRUSTEE QUESTIONS COMMENTS FOR JOHNNY? SO I'M JUST GOING TO BRING UP NOT NOT THAT WE AREN'T CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT RECOGNIZE THAT THIS LAW COMES IN. AND I BELIEVE THE COST WHAT WE WERE SUGGESTING IS A LITTLE OVER $16 MILLION.
SO WE HAVE A LAW THAT WE NEED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT'S GOING TO COST $16 MILLION.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN UNFUNDED MANDATE.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS THE REASON WHY THEY'RE GATHERING THE INFORMATION FROM TEA IS BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION THAT EVERY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE HAS COME UP WITH, AND THAT IS IT'S COST PROHIBITIVE.
AND SO EITHER THEY CAN HELP FUND IT THROUGH THE STATE GRANT SAFETY SAFETY GRANTS THAT THEY DO HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM AT THEIR DISPOSAL, OR THEY CAN PROBABLY PUSH THAT LAW BACK BECAUSE EVENTUALLY, EVENTUALLY ALL THESE BUSSES, WHENEVER THEY TURN THEM OVER, ARE GOING TO HAVE ALL SEATS, THREE POINT SEAT BELTS ANYWAY.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY JUST DO THE MATH AND THEY'LL GET THERE ANYWAY.
I WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE REALLY QUICK, QUICK POINT.
AND THAT IS THIS. THE BUSSES, EVEN WITHOUT SEAT BELTS, ARE ONE OF THE.
OR IF NOT THE SAFEST VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THAT'S STATISTICALLY SOUND.
AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT THEY ARE INCREDIBLY SAFE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE SEATS, IF YOU IF YOU'VE BEEN ON A SEATS AND I THINK MOST OF YOU GUYS HAVE. YOU CAN SEE THAT IF THEY'RE EVER IN A COLLISION, THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUILT AND DESIGNED TO ACTUALLY COLLAPSE AROUND WITH THOSE BIG CUSHIONED SEATS AROUND THE PASSENGER.
SO I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE THERE.
THE SAFEST VEHICLE OUT THERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE A TANK.
SO. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT JOHNNY.
THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE ARE NOW READY FOR ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.
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IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD. THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.THE TIME IS 12:37 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH,
2026.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.