Aug 07, 2023 Town Council

[REGULAR MEETING – Call to Order (3:00 P.M.) ]

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ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, LET'S START OFF WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGENDA.

MONDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 2023.

[A. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]

ONE INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL START OFF WITH CITIZEN PARENT COMMENTS.

AMY, DO WE HAVE ANY.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE THAT ONE OUT AND WE'LL GO ON TO CLOSE.

[C. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION (3:00 P.M.) ]

THE TOWN COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE ANNOTATED CHAPTER 551, SUBCHAPTER D FOR THE FOLLOWING SECTION 551.071 TO CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY TO SEEK ADVICE OF COUNSEL REGARDING THE INTRADA PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THE WESTLAKE ACADEMY GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES AND SECTION 5.51074 ALPHA ONE DELIBERATION REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS TO DELIBERATE REGARDING WESTLAKE ACADEMY HEAD OF SCHOOL.

NOW WE WILL CLOSE OUT TO YOU EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 301 HERE.

THANKS.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE COMING BACK INTO SESSION 515.

SORRY. WE HAD A REALLY, REALLY DETAILED MEETING UP THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE FIRST PORTIONS OF CITIZEN PARENT PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

NOW WE'RE AT A WORK SESSION.

[D. WORK SESSION – Call to Order (5:00 P.M.) ]

HELLO. HELLO? OH, THERE WE GO. OKAY.

HI. UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TODAY.

I'VE GOT AN UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE LAST TIME FOR THE ACADEMY TODAY.

REMEMBER THAT DURING REGULAR SESSION WILL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THEN THERE IS A SCHEDULED VOTE ON ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24.

ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE KIND OF A QUICK UPDATE WITH SOME COUNCIL FEEDBACK AS FAR AS HOW WE'RE PRESENTING SOME OF THE DETAILS TO YOU TODAY.

BUT OVERALL, THE FINAL PROPOSED BUDGET IS $11.1 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 23-24.

WITHIN THAT, WE DO HAVE 11.5 POSITIONS THAT ARE ADDED TO THE DOLLARS THERE.

AND THAT OVERALL RESULTS IN 116 FTES PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 WITHIN THAT $11.1 MILLION.

THE $11.1 MILLION IS ALSO AN INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR OF 1.2 MILLION, WITH THE BULK OF THAT BEING THOSE ADDED POSITIONS.

SOMETHING THAT IS NOT CHANGING FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 IS THE PROPOSED ENROLLMENT.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT KEEPING THAT FLAT AT 875 STUDENTS NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN GOING THROUGH KIND OF THE NUMBERS FROM HERE ON OUT, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ARE THOSE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.

WE'LL GO QUICKLY THROUGH THE REVENUES.

THERE'S NO CHANGES TO THAT FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN PREVIOUSLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TOWN REVENUES, GIVEN THE INPUT WE GOT LAST WEEK, WE DID COME BACK AND MAKE A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO THE OVERALL OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND THEREFORE WE UPPED THE TRANSFER FROM THE TOWN JUST SLIGHTLY TO COVER THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE DISCUSSED.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE STATE REVENUES AND THE LOCAL REVENUES ARE FLAT FROM WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED ALL SUMMER.

AND JUST A REMINDER THAT WITHIN THE REVENUES WE DO HAVE THE 1.25 MILLION FROM THE FOUNDATION PROJECTED, AND THAT IF THAT TARGET, FOR WHATEVER REASON, ISN'T CAPTURED, THEN THE TOWN WILL STEP IN AND MAKE THEM WHOLE.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT IS HUGE FOR THE ACADEMY IS GOING TO BE THOSE TO REVENUES.

THAT MAKES UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR REVENUES.

THEIR ALLOTMENT FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR OF 6160 IS UNCHANGED OVER PRIOR YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT IT.

WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS, NOT EVERYBODY LIKES SPREADSHEETS AND BULLET POINTS.

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ALL RIGHT. AND THEN SWITCHING OVER TO EXPENDITURES.

WE'VE GOT $9 MILLION BUDGETED FOR PERSONNEL.

THAT INCLUDES, AS I SAID, 116 FTES.

IT'S ABOUT $1 MILLION INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS SALARY AND BENEFITS.

AND A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAS BEEN AROUND THE 2.1 MILLION INCHES THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE DETAILS AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THAT.

YES, SIR. DOES THIS FIGURE THAT EXCLUDES THE SHARED SERVICES THAT GETS APPORTIONED FROM THE TOWN? CORRECT. SHARED SERVICES ARE COMPLETELY PRESENTED WITHIN THE TOWN'S BUDGET.

AND THEN THIS VISUAL HERE IS WHAT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN USED TO SEEING.

THESE ARE THE TEA DESIGNATED CATEGORIES.

SO OUTSIDE OF THE PERSONNEL, WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR NORMAL FIVE YEAR FORECAST AND BUDGET, THE CATEGORIES THAT WE USE THERE ARE CONTRACTED SERVICES, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, OTHER OPERATING COSTS AND THEN DEBT SERVICE.

JUST A NOTE HERE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S CALLED DEBT SERVICE, IT'S ACTUALLY OUR ANNUAL LEASE PAYMENT FOR THE IPADS.

AGAIN, THIS IS TEA DRIVEN ON HOW WE CLASSIFY SOME OF OUR EXPENDITURES.

AND THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAD TO DO WITH NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING KIND OF THE FINER POINTS OF TEA VERSUS OUR REALITY HERE IN WESTLAKE.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WITHIN THAT 2.1, WE TWEAKED THE MEANING OF THEM JUST A LITTLE BIT AND THEN MADE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT SOME SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS THAT MAKE MORE SENSE TO US AND OUR OPERATIONS.

AND SO WHAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT TODAY IN ALL OF THE FUNCTIONS ARE GOING TO BE CONTRACTED SERVICES, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, I.T.

AND SOFTWARE, TRAVEL TRAINING AND THEN OTHER EXPENDITURES.

SO THE 2.1, REGARDLESS OF OUR NEW LOOK AT IT VERSUS WHAT WE'RE USED TO SEEING WITH THE TSA CATEGORIES, THAT NUMBER STAYS THE SAME. IT JUST SHIFTS A LITTLE BETWEEN THOSE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

AND SO WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CATEGORIES, FIRST WE'LL START WITH CONTRACTED SERVICES JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME NAME AS WHAT TIA PRESENTS.

HOWEVER, FOR US, WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, WE ARE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

IN SOME CASES WE DO HAVE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS WITH THEM, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THESE ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T DO IN HOUSE.

FOR WHATEVER REASON.

IT COULD BE BEHAVIORAL SPECIALISTS, IT COULD BE ELECTRICITY.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND AS I SAID, I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE BIG ROCKS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.

WHENEVER IT COMES TO SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, THOSE ARE CONSUMABLES.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HANDING OUT THERE, THE FOOTBALL EQUIPMENT THERE, THE CONSTRUCTION PAPER IN THE ART CLASS.

IT'S ALL THE STUFF THAT WE JUST HAVE TO BUY IN ORDER FOR THE SCHOOL TO OPERATE NORMALLY.

WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.

AND SOFTWARE. THIS COULD BE HARDWARE, THIS COULD BE SOFTWARE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE JUST CAVEATS TO THE IT.

AGAIN, SHARED SERVICES IS EXCLUDED FROM THIS BUDGET.

SO THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING OVER AT CAMPUS AND ONLY AT CAMPUS.

SO THEY HAVE SERVERS ON SITE.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF FORWARD FACING APPLICATIONS THAT THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS USE IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THOSE HIGHER LEVEL THINGS LIKE THEIR ERP SYSTEM AND THEIR TIME AND ATTENDANCE. AND THEN WHENEVER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TRAVEL AND TRAINING FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE ACTUAL EMPLOYEE TRAVEL AND TRAINING.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT OVER THE LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE HAD STUDENTS THAT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SOUTH AFRICA AND TO COSTA RICA.

A LOT OF THAT TYPE OF TRAVEL HAS TO DO WITH FUND RAISING.

AND SO THAT WON'T BE CAPTURED IN THE OPERATING BUDGET.

IF IT'S A NORMAL TOURNAMENT WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE TO TRAVEL, THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED HERE.

AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORY THAT WE'RE USING IS OTHER OPERATING.

SO THESE ARE KIND OF THE THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE INTO ANY OF THOSE LARGER CATEGORIES.

FOR THE MOST PART, THAT'S JUST OUR GENERAL OVERHEAD AND IT HAS TO DO MOSTLY WITH INSURANCE.

AND SO BEFORE I KIND OF GO INTO ALL THE SPECIFICS BY FUNCTION, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THESE NEW CATEGORIES? RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

AND SO WE'LL JUST GO RIGHT DOWN THE LIST AND WE'LL START WITH INSTRUCTIONAL.

IT'S GOT A $5.8 MILLION OVERALL BUDGET.

WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTRACT SERVICES HERE, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE GRADUATION EXPENSES.

SO WE'VE GOT $35,000 PROGRAMED FOR GRADUATION NEXT YEAR.

THEN WITHIN THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO THE LARGEST PORTION OF ANY OF THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS, THESE ARE WHERE ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ARE.

SO THIS IS WHENEVER WE SAY INSTRUCTIONAL, WE MEAN IN THE CLASSROOM AND THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING, WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE THAT HUGE FTE COUNT THERE.

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SO WE HAVE $25,000 IN SPECIALISTS.

SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE OUR SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS AND OTS AND PTS.

SO AGAIN, THOSE THIRD PARTY SERVICES THAT WE DON'T HAVE ON STAFF.

WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT HERE SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE TALKING ALMOST $40,000 FOR I-READY.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR JUNE WORKSHOPS.

IT'S JUST A WAY TO ASSESS MATH SKILLS.

AND IT'S REPLACING SOMETHING ELSE.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT YOU'LL SEE IN HERE HAS TO DO WITH THE OTHER CATEGORY.

WE'VE GOT $10,000 IN HERE FOR IBO.

SO WE ARE AN IB SCHOOL, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO JOIN A MEMBERSHIP IN ORDER TO PROGRAM THE THINGS THAT WE DO HERE.

AND SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL CATEGORY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS FUNCTION? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

GOING OVER TO RESOURCES AND MEDIA, WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESOURCES IN MEDIA, WE'RE SAYING LIBRARY.

SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ARE THE LIBRARIANS, ALL OF THEIR SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS AND ALL OF THEIR IT HAS TO DO WITH ACTUAL PHYSICAL BOOKS THAT THEY'RE PURCHASING OR A ONLINE DATABASE WHERE WE ARE GETTING EBOOKS.

AND WHENEVER WE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SNACKS.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THESE SMALL DOLLARS THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.

ANYTHING HERE FOR THE LIBRARY.

SO HOME VIEWERS.

I SURE CAN. IS THIS ALL RIGHT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SWITCHING OVER TO THE CURRICULUM AND STAFF TRAINING, WE DON'T HAVE ANY FULL TIME PERSONNEL BUDGETED HERE.

THIS HAS TO DO WITH ALL OF THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMING THAT WE HAPPEN TO HAVE.

AND MOST OF IT HAS TO DO WITH MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ARE IN COMPLIANCE, ALL OF OUR ADMIN ARE IN COMPLIANCE FOR WHAT IT IS WE'RE TRAINING ON.

SO WITHIN HERE WE'VE GOT THE MAJORITY OF IT DEDICATED TO TRAVEL AND TRAINING.

AND WE'VE GOT IT BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

17,000 FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, 12,500 FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN JUST OVER 20,000 FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AGAIN, THESE ARE GOING TO BE THOSE THINGS THAT ALL THE TEACHERS HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN.

THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF REQUIRED COMPLIANCE TRAINING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR IN ADDITION TO THE SPECIFIC TRAINING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN SO THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE CLASSES IN LINE WITH THE IB CURRICULUM.

FOR THIS. SPECIFICALLY, JUST TO GIVE COUNCIL AN UPDATE, WE HAD MET WITH THE PRINCIPALS LAST WEEK AT THE END OF THE WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR AN ACTUAL LINE ITEM LISTING, AND SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT AND AS SOON AS WE'VE GOT IT COMPLETELY READY, WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS ON CURRICULUM AND STAFF TRAINING? ALL RIGHT. SWITCHING OVER TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, THIS IS A LITTLE LESS THAN 300,000 FOR THEIR TOTAL BUDGET.

THERE'S REALLY NOTHING SUPER FUN HERE.

THERE'S FOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP.

AND THEN MOST OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TRAINING.

THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT HERE IS WHAT'S CALLED TIBS.

SO TIBS SO TEXAS IB SCHOOLS.

THIS IS ANOTHER.

AND MEMBERSHIP THAT WE JOIN BECAUSE WE'RE AN IB SCHOOL.

ANY QUESTIONS ON INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP? OKAY. SWITCHING OVER TO SCHOOL LEADERSHIP.

SO THESE ARE GOING TO BE MOSTLY OUR PRINCIPALS AND THE ADMIN STAFF, 1.3 MILLION HERE.

THE BIG ROCK, WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTRACT SERVICES IN THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET IS FOR THE CONSULTANT.

SO AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COMPLIANCE REPORTING THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO THE STATE IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR FUNDING.

WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT REPORTS THAT WE HAVE TO SHARE WITH IB.

AND SO HERE WE'VE GOT ABOUT $34,000 THAT WE'VE PROGRAMED FOR THE CONSULTANT.

THERE'S ALSO AN ADDITIONAL COST WHENEVER IT COMES TO THE IT SIDE OF THINGS WHERE WE USE A SPECIFIC VENDOR.

SC IN ORDER TO PULL A LOT OF OUR REPORTS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE TEAM'S REQUIREMENTS ON NOT THE STUDENT SIDE, BUT ON THE EMPLOYEE AND ENROLLMENT SIDE.

AND THEN LASTLY HERE, WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR COST CENTER IS THEY'VE LIMITED THEIR TRAVEL AND TRAINING TO 3000 PER EMPLOYEE THAT'S BUDGETED IN

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AND THIS IS FOR SEVEN FTES THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.

THE MAJORITY OF IT HERE IS GOING TO BE IN THAT CONTRACT SERVICES.

AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH ALL OF THOSE OUTSIDE BEHAVIORAL SPECIALISTS.

SO AGAIN, THE SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS, THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, THE AUDIOLOGISTS, ALL THOSE FUN PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO BRING IN.

AND THEN WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TRAVEL AND TRAINING, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S SEVEN EMPLOYEES HERE, ONLY FOUR OF THEM HAVE REQUIRED TRAINING THAT'S BUDGETED HERE.

ALL RIGHT. SWITCHING OVER TO HEALTH SERVICES.

THERE'S ONLY ONE FTE HERE.

I DID WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT WE HAVE A NURSE ON CAMPUS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN EMT THAT IS PROVIDED FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THE EMT IS BUDGETED IN THE TOWN'S BUDGET, SO YOU WON'T SEE THE COSTS OF HER IN THIS PERSONNEL COST.

AND THEN ALL OF THE SNACKS AND OVERHEAD HAVE TO DO WITH THE RUNNING OF THE ACTUAL SCHOOL NURSE'S OFFICE.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE SNACK HEAVY GROUP.

ANY QUESTIONS THERE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN SWITCHING OVER TO ATHLETICS HERE, WE'VE ONLY GOT ONE FTE FULLY BUDGETED.

THE REST OF THAT PERSONNEL COST HAS TO DO WITH STIPENDS.

OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IS ACTUALLY BUDGETED IN FUNCTION 23, WHICH IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION.

AND THEN MOST OF THE COACHES, BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE TEACHERS AS WELL, THEIR BASE SALARY IS COMING OUT OF THAT INSTRUCTIONAL FUNCTION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING. AND THEN WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR SPECIFIC CONTRACT SERVICES, A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE REFEREES, UMPIRES AT THE ACTUAL GAMES THAT EVERYBODY ATTENDS.

AND THEN WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SUPPLIES AND MAINTENANCE, THE BIGGEST COST RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO BE THAT $16,000 FOR LIGHTING THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON.

AS FAR AS GETTING A QUOTE AND SEEING IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR A MATCH FROM THE COMMUNITY OR A BUSINESS.

SO IF THAT CHANGES, WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL CHANGE THAT BUDGET AND THEN ADDITIONAL SECURITY FOR THE GAMES.

WHERE DOES THAT COME OUT OF THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE SECURITY FUNCTION AND WE'LL GET TO THAT A LITTLE LATER.

YES, SIR. AND THEN ALL OF THE OTHER SUPPLIES AND MAINTENANCE HAS TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT.

SO AGAIN, THOSE FOOTBALL HELMETS, MEGAPHONES, POM POMS, ALL THAT STUFF.

ANY QUESTIONS ON ATHLETICS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT OTHER ACTIVITIES, WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT ALL THE OTHER CLUBS ON CAMPUS, ALL THE DIFFERENT EXTRACURRICULARS.

SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE IN HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO HAVE BUDGETED HERE IS ABOUT $20,000 FOR CHARTERED VEHICLES.

JUST BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A FINITE NUMBER OF VEHICLES OVER AT THE CAMPUS, THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONFLICTING TIMES WHERE STUDENTS HAVE PLACES TO BE.

SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DOLLARS BUDGETED SO THAT THEY CAN GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

AND THEN THE REST OF THE CONTRACTED SERVICES HAS TO DO WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE VEHICLES.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. GETTING OVER INTO ADMINISTRATIVE.

SO WE'VE GOT TWO FTES HERE.

IN HERE YOU'LL SEE A PRETTY LARGE NUMBER FOR THE CONTRACTED SERVICES.

A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH LEGAL SERVICES.

WE'VE GOT A LITTLE OVER 40,000 BUDGETED FOR THAT.

WE'VE GOT $18,000 BUDGETED FOR OUR AUDITOR.

WE HAVE 31,000 BUDGETED FOR AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH SC.

THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE PUT RECRUITING COSTS.

THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR ERP OR OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ANNUAL OPERATING COSTS.

THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE'LL SEE THE TIME AND ATTENDANCE SOFTWARE BEING BUDGETED AND THEN WEBSITE HOSTING.

SO WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE, NOT ONLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ADMINS, BUT WE'RE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THE OVERALL CAMPUS OVERHEAD, SO THINGS THAT KIND OF AFFECT EVERYONE. AND THEN WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER ON HERE, WE SPECIFICALLY HAVE A $30,000 EXPENSE FOR AN UMBRELLA POLICY.

JUST BECAUSE WE MIGHT NEED THAT.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ADMINISTRATIVE? OKAY. AND NOW FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

EVERYBODY'S BEEN OVER TO THE CAMPUS AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

AND THERE'S LOTS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE OVER THERE, WHICH MEANS THERE'S A LOT OF UPKEEP THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

SO THIS MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET INCLUDES ALMOST 150,000 FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES, ABOUT 76,000 FOR LANDSCAPING,

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AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER 66,000 IN SPECIALTY SUPPORT.

SO THAT WOULD BE OUR ELECTRICIANS, OUR PLUMBERS.

AGAIN, THOSE THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY ON STAFF THAT CAN PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

ALSO WITHIN THAT CONTRACTED SERVICES BUDGET, WE'VE GOT ALMOST $250,000 PROGRAMED FOR OUR UTILITY COSTS.

SO NATURAL GAS, WATER, ALL OF OUR ELECTRICITY, THAT'S WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE BUDGETED.

AND THEN WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUPPLIES AND MAINTENANCE, THE MAJORITY OF THE SUPPLIES HERE HAVE TO DO WITH NORMAL CLEANING SUPPLIES.

ANY QUESTIONS ON MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

OKAY. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I DO WANT TO MAKE KIND OF A DIFFERENTIATION.

SO THIS IS BASICALLY THE FACILITIES BUDGET FOR THE CAMPUS.

IF WE'RE DOING ANY MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT EXTEND THE LIFE OF AN ASSET, YOU WOULD SEE THOSE IN THE TOWN'S BUDGET.

THESE ARE JUST FOR OPERATING AND MAINTAINING OUR CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND DO WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GO OUT AND BID ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR THESE SERVICES? YES, WE DO. OKAY.

HOW OFTEN DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT? SO FOR THE UTILITIES, IT'S PRESCRIBED, WHENEVER WE HAVE TO DO IT, WE SIGN A 5 TO 10 YEAR CONTRACT FOR THOSE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS, AND THEN WE GO BACK OUT TO BID FOR THE REST OF THEM.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, THREE YEARS IS A GOOD RULE OF THUMB, BUT IF WE START SEEING LIKE WE HAVE IN PREVIOUS YEARS WITH COSTS RISING, YOU CAN ALWAYS REBID.

OKAY. AND SO SECURITY AND MONITORING, THIS IS WHERE WE'VE GOT ALL THAT EXTRA SECURITY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE DIFFERENT GAMES.

ALL IN ALL, FOR NEXT YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $48,000 FOR THOSE EXPENSES.

THEN WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SUPPLIES AND MAINTENANCE AND THEN THE TRAVEL AND TRAINING, ALL OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF BOXES TICKED AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE TRAINED, SHOULD THERE BE ANY KIND OF AN EMERGENCY.

ANY QUESTIONS THERE? OKAY. AND THEN DATA PROCESSING EFFECTIVELY, THIS IS THE IT THAT STAYS ON CAMPUS OVER THERE.

WHENEVER WE'VE GOT THE DOLLARS PROGRAMED IN HERE FOR THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, THAT HAS TO DO WITH PA SUPPORT, AV SUPPORT AND THEN ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITH OUR SERVERS.

FOR SOFTWARE.

WE'VE GOT A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE LIST THAT JASON AND THE ACADEMY STAFF PUT TOGETHER AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING ALL THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE DO.

SO WITHIN THIS BUDGET, WE'VE GOT OUR SECURITY SERVICES THAT INCLUDES OUR ANTIVIRUS SERVICE.

WE'VE GOT A REQUIRED TRAINING CALLED KNOW BEFORE IT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE.

IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ON OUR COMPUTERS ARE TRYING TO BE SAFE WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

WE'VE ALSO GOT DOLLARS PROGRAMED FOR SCHOOL DUDE, WHICH IS OUR ONLINE TICKETING SOFTWARE AND THEN OFFICE 365.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SECURITY DATA? OKAY. MOVING OVER TO COMMUNITY SERVICES.

THIS FUNCTION IS JUST TO CAPTURE THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE ONE AND A HALF STAFF FROM THE ACADEMY FOUNDATION.

JUST REMEMBER, WE BUDGET FOR THEM AND WE PAY THEM OUT OF THE SCHOOL'S BUDGET BECAUSE THERE ARE EMPLOYEES.

BUT THE TOWN DOES A TRANSFER TO REIMBURSE THE SCHOOL FOR THOSE COSTS.

OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST FUNCTION ON HERE IS DEBT SERVICE.

AND AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF A MISNOMER JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY DEBT IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE, BUT IT IS AN OBLIGATION TO PAY OVER MULTIPLE YEARS IN A LEASE FORMAT. SO THIS IS WHERE WE PAY FOR OUR IPADS THAT ALL THE STUDENTS HAVE.

AND THIS IS YOUR TWO OF THREE OUT OF THAT CONTRACT.

OKAY. AND DO WE HAVE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ALL OF THE FORMAL PARTS OF ADOPTING THE BUDGET? NO. OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, CASEY.

GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GREAT PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT.

[E. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST: ]

ESSER. SASSER. COME ON DOWN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SUMMER IS BASICALLY PRETTY MUCH OVER FOR US ALREADY, DESPITE THE HEAT.

SO WE'RE GETTING RIGHT INTO A HECK OF A LOT OF EVENTS COMING UP, BOTH ON THE MUNICIPAL AND ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE.

SO LET'S JUMP RIGHT INTO IT.

STARTING OFF WITH THIS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9TH AT 11 A.M.

AS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF RSVP'S FROM YOU GUYS AT THE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, SO THAT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.

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THAT'S A TUESDAY. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BREAKFAST AT WESTLAKE ACADEMY.

THIS IS ALWAYS A BIG EVENT WHERE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF MAYOR AND SO FORTH ARE INVITED TO A BREAKFAST AT 8 A.M.

AT THE MPH WHERE WE CELEBRATE THE STAFF AS THEY GET READY TO START THE NEW YEAR.

AND OF COURSE IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING FOR THE BOT GIFTS AS WELL.

I THINK EVERYBODY, THE STAFF HERE, HERE IN ATTENDANCE AND WATCHING AT HOME ARE GOING TO ENJOY THOSE.

IT'S A KIND OF A SPECIAL NOD TO THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.

THE NEXT ONE, AUGUST 15TH, WESTLAKE ACADEMY.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 17TH.

OTHER NEW DATES OF NOTE CARROLL ISD IS ON THE 15TH, THEIR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

KELLER ISD AND NORTHWEST ISD ARE BOTH ON AUGUST 16TH.

MILITARY HEROES RUN IS COMING UP ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 19TH.

THAT'S AT 7 A.M. THAT'S A LOT OF FUN.

IT'S A TREMENDOUS HONOR TO HAVE THOSE GUYS ONCE AGAIN HAVE THEIR HEROES RUN IN WESTLAKE.

THAT'S GOING TO KICK OFF AT 1300 SOLANO BOULEVARD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET OVER AT THE AT THE PLAZA.

THAT IS AT 7 A.M.

THE TOWN HALL COURT WILL BE CLOSED ON LABOR DAY FOR THE HOLIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH.

THAT'S A MONDAY. AND COFFEE AND CONVERSATION RETURNS AFTER A SUMMER HIATUS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.

THAT'S A TUESDAY FROM 8 TO 930 AT HIPSTER COFFEE.

A COUPLE OF OTHER PIECES OF INFORMATION TO NOTE.

WE DO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING COMING UP FOR THE MODULAR BUILDINGS, WHICH EVERYBODY'S REALLY EXCITED.

I KIND OF BURIED THE LEAD THERE BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL FOR, I KNOW, FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM FOR SURE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE MONDAY, AUGUST 14TH AT 1115.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NICE LITTLE EVENT OUT THERE FOR THAT.

AND OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE KIND OF A SPECIAL TREAT FOR STAFF AS WELL DURING THAT.

WE'RE REALLY LOVING RIBBON CUTTINGS LATELY.

WE DID ONE ON PARRISH LANE.

PARRISH LANE IS NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN.

THAT CONNECTS OUR HIGHWAY 170 HERE IN WESTLAKE TO THREE 77IN ROANOKE, AN ENORMOUS CONNECTOR AND FEEDER FOR TO CONNECT THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.

IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT.

WE HAD MEMBERS OF OUR TOWN AS WELL AS ROANOKE THEY'RE MAYOR.

ZACHARY THE CONSTRUCTION FOLKS THERE.

HILLWOOD AND WHAT WAS REALLY NEAT WAS A MEMBER OF THE PARRISH FAMILY WAS ACTUALLY THERE.

SO THEY HAVE SEEN IT ALL OVER THE YEARS AND THIS GROWTH.

SO THEY WAS VERY COOL TO SEE THOSE FOLKS OUT THERE.

AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S VARIOUS BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS, NEW FAMILY MEMBER, FAMILY AND PARENT FOR WESTLAKE ACADEMY EVENTS COMING UP NEXT WEEK ON AUGUST 14TH AND 15TH, WHETHER IT BE FOR THE PIPE SIX THROUGH EIGHT, NINE THROUGH TEN, THAT KIND OF THING.

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS.

BE SURE TO CHECK THE WESTLAKE ACADEMY CALENDAR RIGHT THERE ON THE FRONT PAGE FOR ALL THAT INFORMATION.

THOSE ARE YOUR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

[F.2. 23-200 Conduct a Public Hearing for the Westlake Academy School budget ]

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY COMMENTS CONCERNS.

GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AMY, DO WE VOTE ON IT NOW OR WE'RE VOTING LATER ON THIS? LATER. SO JUST THE HEARING PORTION RIGHT NOW, I CAN COMBINE THEM TO RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT TO.

RIGHT. ARE GOING ON TO F1970 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERING ADOPTING ORDINANCE 970 APPROVING

[F.1. ORD-970 Conduct a public hearing and consider adopting Ordinance 970 approving a site plan for the expansion of the Deloitte University campus, also known as Project Star; and take appropriate action ]

RON, COME ON DOWN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL. THIS IS A SITE PLAN REQUEST FOR THE DELOITTE UNIVERSITY EXPANSION.

YOU MAY RECALL LAST DECEMBER THE CONCEPT PLAN WAS APPROVED, BUT THIS IS THE MORE DETAILED SITE PLAN APPROVAL, WHICH IS THE FINAL APPROVAL THEY NEED BEFORE THEY CAN START PULLING BUILDING PERMITS.

SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS JUST A GRAPHIC OF THE CAMPUS.

THIS IS KIND OF A RENDERING OF THE EXPANSION PLANS FOR THE CAMPUS.

THE NEW BUILDINGS ON THE CAMPUS ARE GOING TO TOTAL UP TO 732,000FT².

THERE'LL BE A NEW PARKING GARAGE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CAMPUS.

THAT'S 215,000FT².

AND THEN THERE'LL BE 603 NEW ROOMS AS PART OF THIS EXPANSION.

WHEN CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, THEY SHOULD BE DONE BY OCTOBER OF 2025.

SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS BACK ON JUNE THE 27TH BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 0.

AND THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM DELOITTE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

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I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, ACTUALLY.

I THINK IT'S IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

BUT IT TALKS ABOUT ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY AND IT SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAULING MATERIALS ON AND OFF SITE WILL NOT GO VIA OTTINGER ROAD.

THAT'S CORRECT. ONE OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP IS THAT THERE IS A A PARKING STRUCTURE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED BEING BUILT ON CAMPUS, AND IT MENTIONS A 15 BUS TRANSPORT BAYS WITHIN THIS PARKING STRUCTURE.

SO DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF THE VOLUME OF THE BUS TRANSPORTATION LIKELY TO BE IN AND OFF THE PROPERTY? AND IS THAT ALSO EXCLUDED FROM OTTINGER ROAD? SO FOR BOTH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT GETS INTO IS STRICTLY RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC, RIGHT? ONCE OPERATIONS BEGIN AT THE CAMPUS, IT WOULD NOT ADDRESS.

IT WOULDN'T RESTRICT ANYTHING I WOULD SAY ON THE ANYTHING WITHIN THE PARKING GARAGE.

I WOULD DEFER TO DELOITTE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AS FAR AS WHAT THE BUSSES ARE USED FOR.

MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS ON THAT.

OKAY. I THINK I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION NOW.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M STEPHEN SEIDEL WITH DELOITTE.

AND TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION, MOST OF OUR BUSSES COME OFF 114 BECAUSE WE'RE SHUTTLING BETWEEN LOVE AIRPORTS AND DFW AIRPORTS.

SO THOSE SHUTTLES ARE FOR OUR GUESTS.

WE ARE BUILDING THIS BAY INSIDE THE PARKING GARAGE BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, ON DAYS LIKE TODAY, IT'S EXTREMELY WARM.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR GUESTS ARE HAVE MAXIMUM COMFORT AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO REDUCE IDLE TIME.

YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ELECTRIC FLEETS.

SO ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLUG THOSE VEHICLES IN IN A LOCATION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF THE VOLUME IN TERMS OF BUS TRANSPORTATION? I HONESTLY DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO VARY TOO MUCH FROM TODAY BECAUSE AS WE SCALE UP, BUSSES BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND VEHICLES BECOME MORE EFFICIENT.

YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO ALWAYS HAVE A LITTLE BIT LARGER VEHICLES SO THAT WE CAN TRANSPORT MORE PEOPLE MORE EFFICIENTLY OVER TIME.

SO AS WE HAVE TEN SEATS AVAILABLE, THOSE ARE TEN SEATS THAT CAN TAKE UP FROM NEW GUESTS TODAY.

SO ARE THEY GOING TO BE BIGGER BUSSES? NO, THEY'LL BE THE SAME SIZE.

AND ARE THEY ACCESSING THE PROPERTY THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT.

COMING THROUGH THE SERVICE ENTRANCE FOR THE PARKING GARAGE, THEY COME UP THROUGH THE FRONT AND THEY GO UNDERNEATH THE PARKING GARAGE.

YES. THEY'LL TRAVERSE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF OUR CAMPUS AND GO TO THE PARKING GARAGE STAGE THERE.

IT'S NOT TOO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DO TODAY.

WE JUST STAGE THEM IN OUR PARKING LOT, WHICH CREATES SOMETIMES CHALLENGES AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BUILD SOMETHING DEDICATED THAT'S PURPOSE BUILT AND ALLOWS THOSE BUSSES TO STAGE MORE APPROPRIATELY AS WELL AS STAY OUT OF SOME OF THE HOT SUN AND WEATHER. OKAY.

THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, WE'RE GOING TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING IN A SECOND.

UM, ANYTHING ELSE? INFORMATION TO GIVE RIGHT NOW, RON? UH, NO. THIS IS JUST A VERY KIND OF HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION OF THIS.

TEN. WELL, WHEN I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, I CAN DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS UP HERE.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING, SAY, COME ON UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND SAY YOUR PIECE.

I COME UP. OPEN TO A PUBLIC HEARING NOW.

I'M JENNIFER SALES AND I LIVE OFF OF KINGFISHER IN VICARO.

HOW CLOSE TO DOVE ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO BE OR IS THE FACILITY GOING TO BE RIGHT NOW? LIKE THERE'S SOME CONSTRUCTION GOING ON BACK THERE AND MAYBE I SHOULD PROBABLY BE MORE EDUCATED ON THIS.

WE JUST WE HAVEN'T LIVED THERE VERY LONG.

BUT IT'S LIKE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S IN OUR BACKYARD RIGHT NOW.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO BE OFF OF DOVE AND ARE THEY GOING TO BE ACCESSING SOMETHING THERE ALONG DOVE? GIVE ME AN ANSWER HERE, RON.

THANK YOU. THERE'LL BE NO ACCESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT FROM DOVE.

IN FACT, IT'S RESTRICTED BY ORDINANCE.

SO THEY'RE UTILIZING THE TWO EXISTING ENTRANCES WITH THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE BEING OFF OF WESTLAKE PARKWAY.

AND SO FROM THE DIRT PILE, YOU CAN SEE NOW HOW FAR BACK WILL THE BUILDINGS BE FROM THE DIRT PILE YOU SEE NOW? PROBABLY ABOUT AT LEAST 500FT.

SO THE FURTHER INTO THE PROPERTY FROM THAT DIRT PILE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK OFF THE.

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OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S ALSO IF YOU GO FURTHER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION, I THINK THEY DO SOME ELEVATION PLANS THAT SHOW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM THE ROAD.

IT MAY BE HELPFUL.

YEAH. CAN WE BRING THAT? BUT I KNOW THE SETBACK EXCEEDS ALL ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TOWN.

THERE IS A VIEWPOINT, I THINK, FROM.

I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE VIEW FROM DOVE ROAD LOOKING EASTWARD. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE PLANTING A LOT OF VEGETATION MORE THAN WHAT YOU SEE THERE NOW ALONG.

DOVE SAYS IT'LL MAINTAIN THE PASTORAL FEEL OF THE PROPERTY AND ACTUALLY SCREEN IT OFF A LITTLE MORE THAN WHAT YOU USED TO SEE.

FOREST. BASICALLY AND THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF IT, THIS IS A WINTER TIME VIEW ONCE ALL THE LEAVES HAVE DROPPED OFF THE TREES AND THIS IS A LATE SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER TYPE OF VIEW. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, JENNIFER? ARE YOU HAPPY WITH IT? ALL RIGHT.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE'RE APPROVING THE SITE PLAN.

IS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE? YES.

ALL RIGHT. I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SITE PLAN AT FIRST.

YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

NO. OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

[F.3. ORD-972 Conduct a public hearing and consider adopting Ordinance 972 approving an amendment to Ordinance 869, which approved the Charles Schwab Campus Phase II site plan, in order to place a wall sign on the west elevation of the DFW-G2 parking garage on 3107 Schwab Way; and take appropriate action ]

THEY JUST WANT TO ADD A 20 BY 20, 20 FOOT BY 20 FOOT WALL SIGN ALONG THE PARKING GARAGE.

THIS WOULD BE THE WEST FACING PARKING GARAGE ON THE CAMPUS.

AND IT'S LIT, RIGHT? IT'S BLUE LIT.

IT WOULD BE INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED AND IT WOULD MATCH THE EXISTING WALL SIGNS THAT YOU SEE ON THE OTHER TWO LARGER BUILDINGS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT.

OKAY. AND THE PURPOSE IS JUST VISIBILITY FOR EASTBOUND TRAFFIC, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND IT ALSO ACTUALLY HAS A LITTLE BIT OF MORE VISUAL INTEREST TO THE WEST FACING SIDE OF THAT PARKING GARAGE.

THAT'S KIND OF A LARGE MONOLITHIC STRUCTURE.

SO NOT ONLY IS IT BRANDING THE DEVELOPMENT BETTER, IT ALSO KIND OF GIVES IT A LITTLE MORE, AGAIN, VISUAL INTEREST, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO SAY IT.

ANY QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY QUESTIONS? CONCERNS ANYONE.

ALL RIGHT. CLOSING IT TO A PUBLIC HEARING.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE IT FIRST? I'LL MAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT, CLOSE THAT OUT. THANKS.

[G.1. 23-193 Presentation and discussion concerning the 2023 Westlake Academy student performance on the International Baccalaureate (IB) and Advanced Placement (AP) assessments ]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

JUST BEFORE I BEGIN, I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE BRANDON LLEWELLYN, OUR NEW COORDINATOR, WHO HAS TAKEN THAT ROLE FROM MYSELF WHILST I TRANSITIONED TO HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

OKAY. THIS REPORT IS GOING TO BE IN TWO PARTS.

WE'LL START WITH THE IB RESULTS AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE AP RESULTS.

BUT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN AT ANY TIME AND ASK ME OR MR. LLEWELLYN SOME QUESTIONS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE IB SCORES AND I'M GOING TO START WITH.

SORRY TO INTERRUPT. CAN YOU JUST DO A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF IB VERSUS AP JUST FOR CONTEXT AND THEN BEFORE DELVING IN? YEAH, SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

SO WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE EXAMS FOR THE DIPLOMA, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS DO.

THAT'S THE GRADUATION POLICY.

AND IT IS A TWO YEAR COURSE WHERE STUDENTS WILL TAKE EXAMS ACROSS SIX SUBJECT AREAS. SO IT'S SHOWING EXPERTISE ACROSS A RANGE OF SUBJECTS WITH MULTIPLE EXAMS AND SOME COURSEWORK AS WELL. AND THAT IS PART OF OUR GRADUATION POLICY THAT ALL STUDENTS TAKE THEM WITH THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS RUN BY THE COLLEGE BOARD.

THESE ARE OPTIONAL FOR OUR DIPLOMA PROGRAM STUDENTS AND THEY'RE TAKEN IN JUNIOR YEAR.

AP PLACEMENT EXAMS ARE SINGLE STANDALONE EXAMS FOR ONE SUBJECT AND THE PERFORMANCE IS BASED SOLELY ON ONE EXAM WITH NO

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AND AS I GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES, I'LL JUST CLARIFY THE DISTINCTIONS THAT I'VE JUST MADE.

JUST GOING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH ABOUT THE SCORING AND SO FORTH.

OKAY, OF COURSE. SO IN TERMS OF AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR THE RESULTS FOR THE MAY 2023 SESSION, 78.3% OF OUR CANDIDATES ACHIEVED THE IB DIPLOMA.

SO THIS IS A DROP FROM THE YEARS 2019 TO 2022, THE LAST FOUR YEARS WHERE THE DIPLOMA RATE REMAINED APPROXIMATELY AT 90%. SO UPON FURTHER ANALYSIS, THERE'S TWO POINTS WHICH WE'RE GOING TO SORT OF COME BACK TO AS WE GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES WHICH PROVIDE MORE CONTEXT FOR THIS RESULT.

FIRSTLY IS THE IB DIPLOMA GLOBAL PASS RATE ALSO SAW A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN 2022 AS THE MITIGATIONS FROM THE IMPACT OF COVID WERE REMOVED.

AND BY MITIGATIONS I MEAN THINGS LIKE LESS EXAM PAPERS AND MORE GENEROUS GRADE BOUNDARIES.

THEY WERE REMOVED.

THE SECOND THING THAT WAS ALSO STRIKING THAT WE'LL TOUCH UPON IS THAT THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR STUDENTS VARIED SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS SUBJECTS.

WE'LL SEE SOME SUBJECTS WHERE OUR STUDENTS STRONGLY OUTPERFORMED THE CORRESPONDING GLOBAL AVERAGES FOR THOSE SUBJECTS AND SOME SUBJECTS WHERE THE STUDENTS UNDERPERFORMED AS WELL.

SO WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THOSE CASES.

AND THEN ALSO WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIES MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.

OKAY, SO FIRSTLY, WHAT THIS TABLE SHOWS YOU IS JUST HOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACTUALLY SAT FOR THE DIPLOMA COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES.

SO OUR BOARD POLICY IS THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WILL SIT FOR THE DIPLOMA EXAMS UNLESS IT IS THE DECISION OF A ADMISSION REVIEW AND DISMISSAL COMMITTEE THAT IS NOT IN THEIR BEST INTEREST.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF A STUDENT WAS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION OR THERE ARE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AS WELL.

THIS DOES, I THINK, SET WESTLAKE APART FROM THE MAJORITY OF IB SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD WHERE THERE WILL BE SOME SELECTIVE PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHO CAN QUALIFY TO BE A DIPLOMA PROGRAM CANDIDATE.

WE DON'T DO THAT AT WESTLAKE ACADEMY AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CONTEXT.

ALSO JUST TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS COMING UP.

OUR STUDENTS TAKE EXAMS IN SIX SUBJECT AREAS.

THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THE IB GRADED ON A 1 TO 7 SCALE, WITH SEVEN BEING THE HIGHEST.

THEY ALSO DO AN EXTENDED ESSAY AND THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE COURSE, WHICH PROVIDES THREE MORE CORE POINTS.

SO THE MAXIMUM STUDENTS COULD SCORE IS 45 POINTS, BUT THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 24 POINTS FOR A STUDENT TO GAIN THE DIPLOMA, 12 OF WHICH ARE FROM THE HIGHER LEVEL. AND SO THIS IS JUST CONFIRMING THAT OUT OF OUR 60 DIPLOMA PROGRAM, CANDIDATES 47 GAINED THE IB DIPLOMA.

WE STILL HAVE ONE CANDIDATE WHOSE WORK IS BEING REMARKED THERE ON 23 POINTS.

SO FINGERS CROSSED FOR THAT.

SO WE ARE AT 78.3%.

THE GLOBAL PASS RATE FOR THIS YEAR WAS 79.67%.

AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE COLUMN HOW THE GLOBAL PASS RATE HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG WITH OURS.

SO WHILST IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE HAVE BEEN ABOVE THE GLOBAL AVERAGE PASS RATE, SOMETIMES SIGNIFICANTLY THIS YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE SLIGHTLY BELOW.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THAT AND THEN TALK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIES MOVING FORWARD.

ANOTHER DATA POINT WE HAVE AND IF SO, THE MAXIMUM SCORE IS 45 POINTS.

OUR STUDENTS WHO GOT THEIR DIPLOMA, THEY AVERAGED 30 COMPARED TO A GLOBAL AVERAGE OF 32.6.

AND THE AVERAGE SUBJECT SCORE BY OUR CANDIDATES WAS 4.78.

THAT'S ON THE 1 TO 7 SCALE AND THE GLOBAL AVERAGE WAS 5.17.

SO IN TERMS OF THOSE OTHER METRICS, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE FALLEN SLIGHTLY BELOW THE GLOBAL AVERAGE.

THE AP DID ACTUALLY RELEASE FURTHER DATA.

THIS WASN'T IN YOUR POCKET.

THIS ONLY BECAME AVAILABLE LAST WEEK.

BUT ACTUALLY, IF YOU CAN COMPARE WESTLAKE ACADEMY TO NATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND STATE PERFORMANCE, WE ARE ACTUALLY SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPERFORMING THE UNITED STATES.

SO WHEREAS OUR PASS RATE IS 78.78% IN THE US, IT WAS ONLY 64% OR SO IN TERMS OF AVERAGE POINTS PER CANDIDATE AND AVERAGE GRADE PER CANDIDATE.

WE ARE STRONGLY OUTPERFORMING THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE REST OF TEXAS.

AND JUST BEFORE WE MOVE IN TO DIVING DEEPER INTO THE SUBJECTS TO SORT OF GO BACK TO THIS SORT OF THIS FIRST POINT THAT WE HAVE SUBJECTS THAT ARE PERFORMING OUTPERFORMING GLOBAL

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SO STARTING WITH GROUP ONE, THE SIX GROUPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TAKE ENGLISH LITERATURE.

SO IF YOU SEE NUMBERS IN BLACK, THAT'S GOOD.

IT MEANS IT'S ABOVE THE GLOBAL AVERAGE.

RED IS BELOW. SO ENGLISH LITERATURE HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN STRONG AT WESTLAKE ACADEMY.

IT'S HIGHER LEVEL AS WELL.

SO WE REMAIN STRONG IN ENGLISH LITERATURE.

WHERE WE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE VARIED IS IN GROUP TWO, WHICH IS LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.

SO JUST TO BRIEFLY BREAK DOWN THE RED THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE, SPANISH STANDARD LEVEL, WHICH THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS DO TAKE THE NUMBER IN PARENTHESES ARE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. WE ALWAYS REMAIN VERY CLOSE TO THE GLOBAL AVERAGE.

SPANISH ABSENTIA, WHICH IS BEGINNER SPANISH FOR STUDENTS WHO JOIN WESTLAKE ACADEMY LATE WE ARE BELOW FRENCH.

WE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THIS YEAR.

WE DO HAVE A NEW TEACHER, OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, IN FACT, WHO WILL BE TEACHING BOTH SPANISH ABSENTIA AND FRENCH.

AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THAT TEACHER, SUPPORTING THEM, HOPEFULLY TO SEE A GROWTH IN THOSE TWO SUBJECT AREAS.

GROUP THREE HISTORY.

WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TRADITIONALLY STRONG.

THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE GLOBAL AVERAGE WITH THE WITH MOST OF OUR STUDENTS TAKING HISTORY ECONOMICS.

WE DO REMAIN A LITTLE BIT BELOW, ALTHOUGH WE ARE STRONG IN BUSINESS.

SO AGAIN, WANTS TO FINISH GOING THROUGH THESE GROUPS.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIES TO SUPPORTING THOSE TEACHERS.

MR. LOGAN SOME COMMENTARY ON SCIENCE.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS THE GROUPS FOUR AND FIVE RESULTS.

GROUP FOUR IS THE SCIENCES.

SO BIOLOGY HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A WEAKNESS FOR US.

SO OUR RESULTS, YOU CAN SEE, ARE BELOW THE GLOBAL AVERAGE THERE.

AGAIN, WE WILL DISCUSS IDEAS THAT WE HAVE TO HELP IMPROVE THAT BIOLOGY STANDARD LEVEL A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE GLOBAL AVERAGE THERE.

CHEMISTRY WAS ABOVE THE GLOBAL AVERAGE AGAIN FOR THE SECOND YEAR, CONSECUTIVE AND IMPRESSIVELY, 100% OF THE STUDENTS THAT TOOK CHEMISTRY PASSED THIS YEAR. PHYSICS AS WELL WITH THE FIVE AVERAGES IS GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND SOCIETIES IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SUBJECTS THAT SEEMS TO BE CONSISTENTLY IN LINE WITH THE GLOBAL AVERAGE, ALBEIT JUST A LITTLE BIT BELOW THE GLOBAL AVERAGE.

AND COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH COMPUTER SCIENCE, AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING SOMETHING THAT'S RIGHT ALONG THE LINE WITH THE GLOBAL AVERAGE.

AND THE COMPUTER SCIENCE DROPPED TREMENDOUSLY FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.

THIS RESULTS MIGHT INDICATE THAT THE ADDITIONAL CONTENT THAT WAS ASSESSED THIS YEAR WITHOUT THE COVID REDUCTION ON THE EXAM MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.

SO HANG ON. JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID THIS IS GRADED OUT OF SEVEN, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO WHAT IS A PASSING GRADE FOR? SO ON COMPUTER SCIENCE, THE AVERAGE GRADE IS A FAIL IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANKS.

IN GROUP FIVE, WE HAVE MATHEMATICS.

MATHEMATICS, ANALYSIS AND APPROACHES.

HL WAS SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE GLOBAL AVERAGE.

STANDARD LEVEL WAS ALIGNED WITH THE GLOBAL AVERAGE.

IN PARTICULAR, WE HAD A NEW TEACHER COME TO WESTLAKE AND THIS WAS HER FIRST EXAMINATION SESSION.

SHE ONLY TAUGHT THE STUDENTS THEIR SENIOR YEAR.

SHE DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO TEACH THEM THEIR JUNIOR YEAR.

AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE BECAUSE YOU AREN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION OF WHAT THOSE STUDENT'S STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES ARE, WHETHER THEY'VE ALREADY LEARNED AT THAT POINT. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY FAIRLY PLEASED WITH THIS RESULT.

APPLICATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS, STANDARD LEVEL.

AGAIN, THAT SAME TEACHER THAT'S IN THAT SUBJECT.

SHE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE GLOBAL AVERAGE THERE AS WELL.

IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE GLOBAL AVERAGES FOR THE TWO STANDARD LEVEL COURSES, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM WITH A 4.61 IN ANALYSIS AND APPROACHES AND A 3.87 FOR APPLICATIONS AND INTERPRETATION.

IN MY OPINION, I THINK THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO THE IB IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO STANDARDIZE THE LEVEL BETWEEN THESE TWO COURSES.

GLOBALLY, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN OPINION THAT ONE COURSE IS SIGNIFICANTLY EASIER THAN THE OTHER, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS THEM

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AND FINALLY, JUST TO ROUND OFF, WE HAVE GROUP SIX WITH OUR VISUAL ART STUDENTS WHERE THEY WERE ABOVE THE GLOBAL AVERAGE.

SO JUST BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STRATEGIES MOVING FORWARD ON THAT 1 TO 7 SCALE, IF WE TAKE FOUR AS BEING A PASS, WHAT THESE FIGURES SHOW HERE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS TAKING THAT SUBJECT WHO PASS.

AND SO THIS TELLS US THIS GOES BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL NARRATIVE IN THAT WHILST JUST BELOW 80% OF OUR STUDENTS GOT THE DIPLOMA, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY BREAK IT DOWN BY SUBJECT, IT IS A LITTLE BIT LOPSIDED WITH SOME SUBJECTS PERFORMING VERY STRONGLY WITH HIGH 90%, HIGH 100% PASS RATE AND SOME SUBJECTS A LITTLE BIT LOWER.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK IN A BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT.

SORRY. ACTUALLY, I'M GETTING A BIT AHEAD OF MYSELF.

JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA ABOUT THE THREE POINTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CORE.

UM, THIS IS FROM AN EXTENDED ESSAY.

AND OKAY, THESE AREN'T GRADED ON THE 1 TO 7 SCALE.

THESE ARE GRADED ON SORT OF AN A TO E SCALE.

DEPENDING ON HOW STUDENTS PERFORM, THEY CAN PICK UP CORE POINTS.

AND SO OUR STUDENTS HERE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A MINUTE HAVE UNDERPERFORMED ON THIS COURSEWORK.

WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED WITH OUR DATA ANALYSIS IS THAT WESTLAKE ACADEMY STUDENTS ARE MUCH STRONGER ON CUMULATIVE TIMED EXAMS THAN THEY ARE ON COURSEWORK WHERE THEY HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT OR PERHAPS NOT THINK ABOUT IT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON IS HOW WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT AND BETTER MOTIVATE STUDENTS FOR COURSEWORK, BECAUSE REALLY THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT THEY'RE IN CONTROL OF.

BUT THEY DO SEEM TO BE MUCH BETTER AT TIMED EXAMS. AND SO JUST BREAKING DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE HOW OUR STUDENTS DO ON THE EXTENDED ESSAY, WHICH IS A 4000 WORD RESEARCH PAPER ON A TOPIC OF THEIR CHOICE, WE ARE BELOW GLOBAL AVERAGES WHEN IT COMES TO THE HIGHEST MARKS FOR THE EXTENDED ESSAY.

THAT'S GREAT A AND B JUST AS WE ARE BELOW GLOBAL AVERAGES FOR A, B FOR THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE COURSE WHERE AGAIN IT IS PURELY ASSESSED BY COURSEWORK THAT IS SUBMITTED TO THE IB, THERE'S NO TIMED EXAM.

SO IN TERMS OF LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR, I'LL JUST HAND OVER AGAIN TO MR. LEWELLEN. SO AS DP COORDINATOR, MY PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS ESSENTIALLY GOING TO BE THIS. IT'S ESSENTIALLY LOOKING AT THIS DATA AND SAYING, HOW CAN I HELP SUPPORT WESTLAKE ACADEMY, THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS TO HELP GET THOSE NUMBERS AS HIGH AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN GO.

TO THAT END, WE'VE OUTLINED A COUPLE OF GOALS THAT WE HAVE.

FIRST OF ALL, OUR TEACHERS ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE DATA FOR THEMSELVES, FOR THEIR OWN SUBJECTS AND IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO FILL OUT SOME EVALUATION FORMS THAT SAYS THAT FORCES THEM TO LOOK AT EACH COMPONENT SCORE ON THEIR EXAMS. SAY, THIS IS HOW MY STUDENTS DID ON ON PAPER ONE, THIS IS HOW THEY DID ON PAPER TWO, THIS IS HOW THEY DID ON THE INTERNAL ASSESSMENT, ETCETERA.

AND BASED ON THAT DATA, COMPARED TO THE GLOBAL AVERAGE, THEY WILL THEN IDENTIFY ANY THOUGHTS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE, OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH, THINGS LIKE THAT AFTER THAT HAPPENS AND THAT'LL HAPPEN IN THE FIRST WEEK OR TWO OF SCHOOL.

I WILL VISIT WITH EACH OF THOSE TEACHERS INDIVIDUALLY AND I'LL ASK THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH ON THOSE FORMS. AND WE WILL COLLABORATIVELY COME UP WITH SOME GOALS FOR THEM TO IMPLEMENT FOR THAT SCHOOL YEAR.

ONE OF THE BIG ADVANTAGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS YEAR THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD IN THE PAST IS THAT DR.

OWEN IS ONLY ONE PERSON AND DR.

OWEN IS NOW THREE PEOPLE.

SO WE HAVE DR.

OWEN IN THAT ROLE AS PRINCIPAL.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE ALSO HAVE MYSELF AS DP COORDINATOR AND THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL ARE ALSO GOING TO BE EVALUATING THOSE TEACHERS ON OUR NEW APPRAISAL SYSTEM.

AND PART OF THAT GOAL SETTING IS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE AS WELL.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE LEVELS WITH WHICH THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THESE TEACHERS.

HAVING A TEAM OF THREE IS NOT ONLY GOING TO OPEN UP MORE TIME THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THESE TEACHERS, BUT VERY CONVENIENTLY, WE ALSO HAPPEN TO BE EXPERTS IN SEPARATE CONTENT AREAS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE TREMENDOUSLY USEFUL AS WELL.

DR. OWEN IN PARTICULAR IS AN EXPERT IN LITERATURE AND HUMANITIES GROUPS ONE AND THREE.

MRS. HUGHES IS AN EXPERT IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND I'M AN EXPERT IN GROUP FOUR AND FIVE SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS.

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WE USED THEM LAST YEAR TO GREAT EFFECT.

THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO USE THEM AGAIN.

AND THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, SINCE WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET INDIVIDUALLY WITH THESE TEACHERS, WE'LL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLLOW UP. WHEN YOU YOUR GOALS GOING, WHEN YOU SAY YOU USE THEM TO GREAT EFFECT, COULD YOU JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU IMPLEMENTED YOUR FINDINGS FROM LAST YEAR THAT FED INTO THE DATA THIS YEAR? I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF OR.

DR. [INAUDIBLE]. SURE. SO LAST YEAR I TAUGHT PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS.

I STILL TEACH PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS, BUT IT WAS FULL TIME.

THAT WAS MY FULL TIME RESPONSIBILITY.

SO WHEN DR. OWEN SENDS THESE FORMS OUT, THAT WAS THE FIRST THING WE DID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

LAST YEAR, IS I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT MY DATA, COMPARE IT TO THE GLOBAL AVERAGE, FILL IT OUT, JUST LIKE I EXPLAINED BY DOING THIS AND BY COMPARING IT WITH THE EXAMINERS REPORT, WHICH IS A REPORT THAT IB PUBLISHES ANNUALLY THAT IS EXTERNAL, THAT BASICALLY OVER THAT DETAILS HOW ALL OF THE STUDENTS DID GLOBALLY ON INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS, EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL QUESTION ON THE EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT, AS WELL AS THE COMMON MISTAKES THAT THEY'RE SEEING ON THE INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS. AND BY DOING THAT, I WAS ABLE TO SAY, OH.

THE EXAMINERS ARE SAYING THIS WAS DIFFICULT QUESTION GLOBALLY.

LOOKING AT MY STUDENTS RESULTS, I'M SEEING THAT MY STUDENTS WERE STRONG IN THIS.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

AND VICE VERSA.

IF THEY'RE SAYING THAT SOMETHING WENT REALLY WELL GLOBALLY, BUT MY STUDENTS TENDED TO MISS THAT QUESTION, THEN THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ADDITIONAL THAT I NEED TO DO DURING THAT UNIT WHENEVER I'M WORKING WITH MY STUDENTS.

SO I THINK IN THAT SENSE IT WAS VERY EYE OPENING, BUT WITH THE GREATEST POSSIBLE AMOUNT OF RESPECT.

OUR GRADES RELATIVE TO THE GLOBAL BENCHMARK HAVE DROPPED SINCE LAST YEAR.

SO MY QUESTION AGAIN IS HOW ARE WE TAKING THIS DATA? I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ASKING TEACHERS TO PUT INDIVIDUAL THOUGHT INTO HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE, BUT IN REALITY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO IMPROVE THESE TEST SCORES? SO. IF WE START WITH THIS PROCESS AND THEN IN TURN WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, WE CAN WORK WITH THE TEACHERS MORE ON AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY.

SO I REALLY THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE GROWTH BECAUSE DR.

OWEN JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME.

IF HE'S DEALING WITH DISCIPLINE ISSUES TO ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY BE IN THE CLASSROOM, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IN THE FUTURE.

SO IF I'M SITTING IN A CLASSROOM, IF MRS. HUGHES IS SITTING IN THE CLASSROOM, THAT GIVES US JUST MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO FOLLOW UP, MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THERE.

ON YOUR YOU HELD MOCK EXAMS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. SO WE HOW DO WE DO IT IN MOCK EXAMS? DO WE HAVE A PRECURSOR THAT THIS WAS COMING? SORRY. DO WE HAVE A PRECURSOR IN THE MOCK EXAMS? WE DID MOCK EXAMS IN DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY.

YES. SO WE SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME INDICATION THAT WE WERE SHORT.

RIGHT. WHAT RESOURCES DO WE PUT IN PLACE TO OFFSET THAT? IT WILL. FIRST THING I TO ADD, I THINK THIS IS WHERE JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON MR. QUINN'S QUESTION IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO DIFFERENTLY.

I THINK PERHAPS IN THE PAST, IN TERMS OF THE THE SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS, THE DATA ANALYSIS IS PERHAPS DONE BEING DONE QUITE EVENLY ACROSS TEACHERS WITHOUT A FULL APPRECIATION THAT WE HAVE SUBJECTS WHICH ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND NOT MUCH NEEDS TO CHANGE AND SOME WHERE THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE INTERVENTION.

ONE ASPECT TO THAT INTERVENTION IS MORE TEACHER TRAINING, BOTH DONE INTERNALLY WITH THE THREE LEADERSHIP BUT ALSO DONE EXTERNALLY WITH THE IB AS WELL. SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION IN TERMS OF DID WE SEE SUCH LOW PERFORMANCES IN SOME OF THE SUBJECTS THAT WE SAW TO A POINT, BUT NOT QUITE AS LOW? AND ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THAT COULD BE THAT THE TEACHER SIMPLY NEEDS MORE TRAINING FROM OURSELVES.

AND THE IB IN IN GRADING.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT TEACHERS FACE IS HOW DO YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN GOOD WORK AND VERY GOOD WORK AND EXCELLENT WORK.

SOMETIMES TEACHERS NEED MORE SUPPORT WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY INFLATING GRADES FROM MOCKS AND THE IB DOES PROVIDE WHAT'S CALLED CATEGORY THREE TRAINING, WHICH ARE DEEPER DIVES INTO THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.

YOU KNOW, OUR RESULTS ARE I MEAN, WE'RE VERY AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOOD.

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AND OUR RESULTS ARE WORSE THAN THE GLOBAL AVERAGE.

AND THAT'S JUST AGAINST THE AVERAGE.

WE'RE NOT COMPARING OURSELVES TO THE TOP QUARTER BENCHMARK, WHICH WE PROBABLY SHOULD BE DOING AND NOT THE 50TH PERCENTILE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AS WE MAKE INVESTMENTS INTO THE SCHOOL, WE WANT TO SEE THE PATH FORWARD OF HOW DO WE CAPTURE THOSE INVESTMENTS. YOU KNOW, AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO FIND OUT WE YOU KNOW, WE DID MOCK EXAMS IN DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY, BUT WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE RESULTS FROM THAT.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD GET BRIEFED ON THAT STUFF SO WE CAN START PUTTING RESOURCES IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE GAPS.

YES, I AGREED.

I WOULD SAY LAST YEAR THE MOCK EXAMS WERE JUST IN MARCH THIS YEAR.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANT TO HAVE THEM IN DECEMBER AS WELL IS TO HAVE A LONGER TIME TO TO TO CORRECT.

OKAY. YEAH. YEAH.

I WAS GOING TO SAY MOCK EXAMS IN MARCH ARE KIND OF TOO LATE TO ADD MORE KNOWLEDGE INTO THOSE CRANIUMS. I HAD JUST TWO COMMENTS, ACTUALLY, ONE COMMENT AND ONE QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, MY SON WAS PART OF THIS GRADUATING CLASS AND TO BE FRANK, I'M.

SO GRATEFUL HE GOT HIS DIPLOMA BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, HE WAS PART OF THE GRADE THAT WENT THROUGH COVID DURING FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEAR.

AND I REMEMBER WHEN HE ENTERED HIS CLASS WAS TRULY PROBABLY THE CLASS THAT HAD THE GREATEST GAP TO COVER IN THAT JUMP FROM NYP TO DP THAT YEAR.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO THINK THAT DIDN'T HAVE AN IMPACT LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH THE DP PROGRAM.

AND I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING THOSE MOCK EXAMS EARLIER IN DECEMBER.

MY QUESTION REALLY IS ABOUT THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. WE ALL KNOW HOW HARD FOREIGN LANGUAGE IS TO ACQUIRE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE BOTH MY KIDS HAD FRENCH.

IS THERE ANY BANDWIDTH AT ALL TO INTRODUCE FRENCH EARLIER IN THE IB PROGRAM? SINCE WE ARE A K THROUGH 12 CONTINUUM, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A BANDWIDTH ISSUE, BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT HAVING EXPOSURE TO FRENCH WHEN THEY'RE YOUNGER WHEN THEIR BRAINS ARE MORE PLIABLE WOULD HELP A LOT WITH THE UPPER GRADE LEARNING.

THOUGHTS ON THAT? I WOULD AGREE, ESPECIALLY HAVING DONE FRENCH MYSELF IN ENGLAND AND STARTED IT EARLIER THAN THE STUDENTS DO HERE.

THAT WILL BE A CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH THE WITH THE PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAM TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD WORK.

BUT CERTAINLY STARTING SPANISH IN YEAR K IN KINDERGARTEN AND FRENCH IN GRADE SIX IS A BIG DIFFERENCE.

SO THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE OPEN TO FOR SURE.

DR. OWENS. SO THIS IS PROBABLY NOT A FAIR QUESTION.

YOUR GUT. IS THIS JUST A BLIP? I MEAN, IT'S ONE DATA POINT, RIGHT? IT'S A LITTLE ALARMING.

AS WE'VE SEEN, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TRACK RECORD.

WHAT'S YOUR GUT ON? I MEAN, THERE'S COVID AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, BUT IS THIS A BLIP OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REALLY JUMP ON AND.

I BELIEVE IT IS SOMEWHAT OF A BLIP.

THE REASON FOR THAT I WILL FOLLOW UP IN A MINUTE IS THAT OUR AP SCORES THAT THE JUNIORS TAKE ARE QUITE OFTEN A A A REASONABLE INDICATOR OF HOW THEY WOULD DO THE FOLLOWING YEARS.

AND ACTUALLY THIS YEAR'S AP SCORES WERE STRONG.

OKAY. SO SO IT'S A STRONG COHORT.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S A COMPLETE BLIP BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO ABDICATE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOR THE WORK AHEAD, ESPECIALLY TARGETING THE SUBJECTS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY LOW BY SORT OF ATTACKING THEM WITH MORE SUPPORT AND INTERVENTION THAN HAS HITHERTO BEEN THE CASE. THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IT MIGHT BE FOR MR. PIPPIN DOES THIS AFFECT OUR COLLEGE GETTING INTO COLLEGE? I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAD A GOOD YEAR.

IT'S A GREAT GRADUATING CLASS.

BUT AS I LOOK AT THIS, ANY IMPACT ON GETTING INTO THE COLLEGES THAT OUR KIDS WANT TO GET INTO? GOOD EVENING. WELL, I WILL TELL YOU, FOR THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF COLLEGES, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A FACTOR OF ADMISSIONS.

WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE AN ADMISSIONS RATE LESS THAN 25%, IT COULD.

WHAT HAPPENS? ALL STUDENTS ARE ADMITTED CONDITIONALLY UNTIL THEY'VE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED.

AND SINCE WE ARE AN IB SCHOOL, THEN THEY KNOW THAT WE HAVE IB SCORES.

AND SO THOSE IB SCORES, IF THOSE STUDENTS DECIDE TO MATRICULATE TO THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS, IF THOSE SCORES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN WHAT THEY PREDICTED, IT COULD HAVE AN EFFECT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO THIS CLASS THAT GRADUATED WITH THE LOWER IB SCORES, WHAT WERE THEIR AP SCORES LAST YEAR?

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AND WE CAN TRACK THEM.

YEAH. OKAY.

SO I JUST SEGWAY INTO THE RESOURCE.

BUT WE CAN PAUSE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE AP RESULTS FOR 2022.

SO 2023 SAW A RECORD NUMBER OF WESTLAKE ACADEMY STUDENTS TAKE AP EXAMS. WE ALSO SAW A RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECEIVE THE DESIGNATION OF AP SCHOLARS.

AND TO YOUR QUESTION, THIS IS WHAT WE THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE'VE SEEN.

SO IN 2023.

WESTLAKE ACADEMY STUDENTS OUTPERFORMED NATIONAL AVERAGES IN 11 OUT OF THE 13 AP SUPPORTED SUBJECTS THAT WE DO AT WESTLAKE ACADEMY.

AND JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

WHEN YOU SAY THAT THERE'S A RECORD NUMBER TAKING AP, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THE CRITERIA IN TERMS OF IS IT A VOLUNTARY BASIS TAKING AND OR CHOOSING WHICH SUBJECT YOU TAKE? HOW DOES THAT WORK? OKAY. SO IN GRADES NINE AND TEN.

AS WILL BE SHOWN IN THE SLIDES.

THEY ARE OFFICIAL AP COURSES, SO ALL THE STUDENTS SITTING IN THAT CLASS WILL TAKE THE AP EXAM.

WHEN STUDENTS MOVE INTO THE DIPLOMA PROGRAM IN GRADE 11, THEY ARE IBDP COURSES, BUT THE CONTENT AND SKILLS ARE ALIGNED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO GIVE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE AP EXAMS. THAT IS OPTIONAL, BUT WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT THEY DO TAKE THE EXAM.

OKAY. THE REASON FOR THIS IS AS WELL AS HELPING WITH COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, WHEN STUDENTS CAN HAVE A NARRATIVE THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEY A DIPLOMA PROGRAM GRADUATE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO AP CANDIDATES.

I THINK JUST THE EXPERIENCE OF JUNIORS TAKING A HIGH STAKES CUMULATIVE EXAM, IT JUST HELPS THEM BE MORE ASSESSMENT CAPABLE LEARNERS GOING INTO SENIOR YEAR AND TAKING THE IB EXAMS. OKAY, THANKS.

OKAY, SO THIS GRAPH IS REALLY JUST REFLECT THE NARRATIVE THAT THIS YEAR WE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS TAKING AP EXAMS AND THE NUMBER OF AP EXAMS AT WESTLAKE ACADEMY AS AS WELL.

AND IN TERMS OF THE STATISTICS, AP IS GRADED ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 5, WITH THREE BEING CONSIDERED A A PASS.

AND IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENTS SCORING THREE OR ABOVE ON AT LEAST ONE EXAM THAT THAT HAS RISEN OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

OKAY. JUST BRIEFLY, JUST TO CELEBRATE OUR AP SCHOLARS, THESE ARE DESIGNATIONS GIVEN TO STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE ACROSS THREE, 4 OR 5 OR MORE AP EXAMS. FOR EXAMPLE, AN AP SCHOLAR IS A STUDENT WHO SCORES THREE OR HIGHER ON THREE OR MORE EXAMS, AND THEN IT GETS SORT OF GRADUALLY MORE DIFFICULT TO ATTAIN.

SO WE IN TOTAL, WE HAD 58 AP SCHOLARS THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A SIGN OF THE SUCCESS.

OKAY. SO IN TERMS OF SORT OF TRACKING THIS HISTORICALLY, STARTING WITH THE NYP AP COURSES, SO THESE ARE THE OFFICIAL AP COURSES, ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN THIS CLASS WILL TAKE THE EXAM AND SIMILAR TO THE IB, WHERE WE COMPARE AGAINST GLOBAL DATA HERE, WE'RE COMPARING AGAINST NATIONAL DATA.

SO HUMAN GEOGRAPHY WERE 85 STUDENTS AND THESE ARE JUST FRESHMEN IN NINTH GRADE OUTPERFORMED THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, AS WAS THE CASE IN WORLD HISTORY.

COMPUTER SCIENCE DID.

IT IS STILL EVER SO SLIGHTLY BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

OKAY, SO NOW WE COME TO THE DEEPER LINE COURSES.

SO THESE ARE JUNIORS TAKING IT, HAVING BEEN TAUGHT THE IB CURRICULUM, BUT THE CONTENT BEING ALIGNED WITH AP SKILLS AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE.

SO IN TERMS I SEE YOUR QUESTION, MEL KILBRIDE IN TERMS OF HAVING A LOOK AT AP DATA, AND WERE THERE ANY WARNING SIGNS? WE DID SEE THAT STUDENTS WERE UNDERPERFORMING IN BIOLOGY.

WE KNOW HISTORICALLY THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE.

BUT NOW THIS IS GOING TO BE TARGETED MUCH MORE CLOSELY WITH ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE WHERE OUR STUDENTS HISTORICALLY PERFORM HIGH IN ENGLISH LITERATURE.

YOU SEE THAT THEY ALSO PERFORM WELL IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS WELL.

SIMILARLY, AS OUR STUDENTS PERFORM STRONGLY IN PHYSICS, AP AS JUNIORS, THEY ALSO PERFORM STRONGLY IN THEIR IB EXAMS. SO CAN YOU DO YOU MIND GOING BACK? YEAH, SURE. SO I MEAN, JUST LOOKING AT THE TREND HERE FROM 21, 22 TO 23, I MEAN, IF I READ THIS CORRECTLY, BIOLOGY WESTLAKE ACADEMY IS THE SECOND LINE DOWN.

WE'RE TRENDING DOWNWARDS.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE. WE'RE TRENDING DOWNWARDS.

373 329 312 I THINK SAME WITH, UM, YEAH, THERE'S A DROP OFF AGAIN AT THE END AND THEN WE'RE FLAT HERE ON

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I YEAH. I MEAN, THIS IS STILL A SORT OF A NEGATIVE TREND HERE.

YES. THAT IS THE CASE, I THINK YOU SORT OF HAVE TO TAKE.

EACH COHORT ON ITS OWN MERITS.

SO IF WE WERE TO SAY THAT WE FEEL FROM THIS COHORT HISTORICALLY THE TREND IS GOING DOWN, THEN THIS WILL BE THE TIME TO SORT OF BREAK DOWN THOSE AP SCORES AND DO DEEPER ANALYSIS OF THOSE AS WELL.

DO YOU SO YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRYING TO ANALYZE THE IB SCORES AND TAKING THE MOCKS IS ONE EXAMPLE.

WHETHER BEING GRADED ACCURATELY OR NOT IS OBVIOUSLY UP FOR DEBATE.

BUT ARE YOU USING THIS ALSO IN THE SAME CONTEXT AS A TRUE PRECURSOR? ARE YOU TRYING TO ANALYZE WHY AND WHY NOT, WHETHER WE'RE PERFORMING OR NOT ON THESE AP EXAMS AND TRYING TO ANALYZE HOW DO WE IMPROVE THESE TEST SCORES? SO TRADITIONALLY, LESS ATTENTION HAS BEEN PAID TO DOING A DEEPER DIVE ON THE AP AS THE IB.

I THINK THIS HAS COME FROM HISTORICALLY AS AN IB SCHOOL.

WE DO PRIORITIZE THE IB, BUT IN TERMS OF SORT OF OUR REDESIGN OF DATA ANALYSIS AND NOW HAVING, YOU KNOW, A DEEPER BENCH IN TERMS OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, THERE IS ROOM TO BREAK DOWN AP COMPONENT SCORES AS WELL BECAUSE I ASSUME, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS IS YOU'RE INHERITING THIS JUNIOR CLASS NOW.

YES, RIGHT. YEAH. AND SO THERE'S POTENTIALLY A BETTER WAY OF INFLUENCING THE THIS DIRECTION AND TRAJECTORY OF THESE GRADES.

YEAH. SO I'M SURE I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MOST COUNCIL.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO FROM A RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE TO HELP YOU ANALYZE AND DEVELOP THESE SCORES, JUST PLEASE KNOW WE'RE THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE'RE HERE. THANK YOU.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL.

I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE STARTED SENDING MORE TEACHERS IN THE PAST TO THE AP SUMMER INSTITUTES AS WELL, AND I THINK WE HAD AT LEAST 4 OR 5 TEACHERS GOING THERE THIS SUMMER. SO AT THOSE FOUR DAY INSTITUTES, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO MORE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT.

WE'VE ALSO GIVING TEACHERS MORE ACCESS TO WHAT'S CALLED THE AP CLASSROOM AS WELL.

SO THERE IS MORE RESOURCES THERE, BUT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE OFFER.

YEAH. AND FINALLY, THESE ARE THE REST OF THE THE DEEP ALIGNED COURSES.

AND SO ECONOMICS, WE ARE SEEING A CHANGE IN DIRECTION.

WE HAVE HAD A CHANGE OF TEACHER DOING ECONOMICS AS WELL.

US HISTORY, WHICH HAS BEEN AGAIN A TRADITIONALLY STRONG WITH WITH THE IB IS ALSO TRADITIONALLY STRONG WITH THE AP AS WELL.

AND WE ALSO HAVE CALCULUS AND CHEMISTRY AS WELL, WHICH ARE SMALL NUMBER OF OUR STUDENTS TAKEN.

AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE THAT WE ALIGN THOSE COURSES FOR THE STUDENTS TO TAKE.

SO I JUST TO REITERATE, IN TERMS OF THE MORE SORT OF TARGETED SUPPORT FOR THE AP EXAMS. SO MORE TARGETED SUPPORT MEANS SENDING TEACHERS TO THESE AP SUMMER INSTITUTES WHERE THEY WILL HAVE MORE RESOURCES, GIVING TEACHERS ACCESS TO AP CLASSROOM RESOURCES AS WELL, AND AGAIN, USING OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM TO HELP TEACHERS PLAN AND PACE AP ALIGNED COURSES.

THAT IS A SKILL.

THE COURSES ARE DESIGNED TO BE TWO YEARS.

AND SO WHEN YOU'RE ALSO INTRODUCING AP INTO THEIR IT TAKES SOME THINKING TO SEE HOW YOU CAN STILL SUCCESSFULLY PREPARE STUDENTS FOR AP EXAMS WHILE STILL PRIORITIZING THE AP.

SO WE'LL GIVE MORE SUPPORT THERE AND INTRODUCE MORE AP EXAM DATA ANALYSIS AS WELL.

ALSO THIS YEAR, WE WILL HAVE MORE 10TH GRADE STUDENTS TAKING AP EXAMS. WE'VE INTRODUCED AP GOVERNMENT IN THE 10TH GRADE AND AP PRE-CALCULUS AS WELL.

SO THAT CONCLUDES THE.

PRESENTATION. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MYSELF OR MR. LLEWELLYN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I FULLY APPRECIATE THE VERY HELPFUL QUESTIONS.

NO, THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK TO AFTER THIS.

HUH? LET'S GET BACK INTO SESSION HERE.

[H. CONSENT AGENDA: ]

DOES ANYONE SEE ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT THEY WANT TO BRING OUT?

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ALL RIGHT. A MOTION TO APPROVE.

AT FIRST I WILL MAKE A MOTION.

A SECOND. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

NINE MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO ON TO REGULAR ITEMS.

[I.6. ORD-974 Consider adopting Ordinance 974 updating the Solana Public Improvement District (PID) Service and Assessment Plan and Assessment Roll (SAP) 2022; and take appropriate action ]

MARY PATTY. COME ON DOWN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MARY PATTY. P3 WORKS 92, 84.

HUNTINGTON SQUARE, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS.

THIS IS YOUR ANNUAL SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN UPDATE.

SO ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 372 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, YOU HAVE TO ADOPT AN UPDATE EVERY YEAR.

THIS UPDATE IS ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE.

HOWEVER, IT DOES HAVE THE UPDATED ASSESSMENT RULE ATTACHED TO IT.

THAT ASSESSMENT RULE IS UPDATED TO REFLECT ANY PARTIAL CHANGES OR TAX ID NUMBERS OR ANY SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.

AND SO THEN WHEN YOU ADOPT THIS, IT GIVES US AUTHORIZATION TO SEND THAT SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN, ASSESSMENT RULE TO THE COUNTY SO THAT THOSE ASSESSMENTS ARE PLACED ON THE TAX ROLLS FOR COLLECTION.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S DONE EVERY YEAR.

AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT CHANGING THE ASSESSMENT.

YOU'RE NOT LEAVING ANY MORE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT.

IT'S SIMPLY ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOWING WHAT WAS ALREADY SET IN PLACE BACK IN 2015 WHEN YOU LEVIED YOUR FIRST ASSESSMENTS AND THEN AGAIN IN 2018 WHEN YOU PUT THE ADDITIONAL PART B ON. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

I THINK I'M GOOD. I THINK IT WAS PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB IN CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE AT FIRST? I'LL MAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

NONE. MOTION CARRIES.

[I.1. 23-210 Consider approving a Maximum Tax Rate; and take appropriate action]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS FOR A FORMAL RECORD VOTE THAT WE'LL NEED TO PUBLISH IN THE PAPER TO VOTE ON A MAXIMUM TAX RATE.

PART OF TAX CODE FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SECTION 26 SPECIFICALLY HAS A NOTICE THAT HAS TO BE PUBLISHED THAT ADVERTISES OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

AND WITHIN THAT NOTICE IT REQUIRES A RECORD VOTE.

SO WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY IS PROPOSING A MAXIMUM TOTAL TAX RATE OF 16.7, EIGHT $0.08 PER $100 VALUATION.

THAT IS THE SAME RATE AS IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH, THAT TODAY'S VOTE IS NOT ACTUALLY LEVYING THE TAX RATE.

WE'LL DO THAT NEXT MONTH AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE SEPTEMBER 11TH MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? TAX RATE IS NOT GOING UP.

IT IS STAYING FLAT.

GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE AT FIRST.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

AND A SECOND. I'LL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ALL OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES. NEXT.

[I.2. WA RES 23-16 Consider approving WA Resolution 23-16 adopting the Westlake Academy School Budget; and take appropriate action ]

ALL RIGHT. WE ALREADY HAD THE BRIEFING ON THAT.

ALREADY HAD THE BRIEFING. ALREADY HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE A FIRST? I'LL MAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, CASEY.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

WESTLAKE ACADEMY RESOLUTION 23, DASH 19 CONCERNING WESTLAKE ACADEMY RESOLUTION 202019 AMENDING THE WESTLAKE ACADEMY STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

[I.3. WA RES 23-19 Consider approving WA Resolution 23-19 amending the Westlake Academy Student Code of Conduct; and take appropriate action ]

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? NO, I THINK MY ONLY OBSERVATION ON BOTH THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE STUDENT HANDBOOK IS I THINK THIS WAS AN EXERCISE WE STARTED LAST YEAR.

WE HAD PULLED VARIOUS PARTS OF POLICY OUT TO TAKE A SPECIFIC LOOK AT IT.

BUT I FEEL LIKE WE DIDN'T DO A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THIS.

SO WHILE I'M ALL FOR SUPPORTING VOTING FOR THESE UPDATES BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE SOME LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT HAVE TO BE RECOGNIZED IN HERE, I WOULD ASK MAYOR, IF WE COULD PLEASE BRING THIS BACK AGAIN JUST FOR A WORKSHOP SESSION.

AND JUST SO WE HAVE, BECAUSE THESE ARE SO FUNDAMENTAL FOR POLICY FOR THE SCHOOL, I THINK WE SHOULD ADDRESS THESE AGAIN.

GREAT POINT. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL DO THAT. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL PUT ON MAYBE FOR SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE IT FIRST? I'LL MAKE A MOTION A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NO, OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

[I.4. WA RES 23-18 Consider approving WA Resolution 23-18 amending the Westlake Academy Student Handbook; and take appropriate action ]

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ALL RIGHT. EVERYONE SAW THE STUDENT HANDBOOK, HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

SAME ISSUE, SAME COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR SEPTEMBER.

OCTOBER. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE AT FIRST? I'LL MOVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NO, OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, SAY HE HAD ME.

[I.5. WA RES 23-20 Consider approving WA Resolution 23-20 authorizing a ESC Region 11 Service Center Agreement; and take appropriate action ]

ARE THERE ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS WITH THIS CASE? HE'LL SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WHAT I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY POINT OUT IS THE CONTRACT RENEWAL THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS FOR LESS THAN THE $50,000 THRESHOLD THAT'S BEING PRESENTED, THOUGH, BECAUSE HISTORICALLY IT HAS BEEN OVER 50,000.

WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE COUNCIL AWARE THAT THERE ARE SOME SERVICES THAT WE WILL NOT BE RENEWING WITH SC.

SC REGIONAL 11 IS A CONSORTIUM OF SORTS THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDING OUR PAYROLL SERVICES FOR ABOUT $30,000 ANNUALLY.

THAT STOPPED IN JULY OF THIS YEAR WHENEVER WE TRANSITIONED FROM OUR LEGACY ERP SYSTEM ON THE SCHOOL SIDE TO A NEW ONE CALLED E-FINANCE UNDER POWERSCHOOL, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING AWAY.

THIS CONTRACT IS DROPPING DOWN TO ABOUT HALF OF WHAT IT HAS BEEN.

SO YOU'LL SEE EIGHT VERY SPECIFIC PIECES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL ON THE TOTAL 31,000.

SO I'M HAPPY TO GO OVER THE LIST IF NEED BE.

BUT OVERALL, A LOT OF THIS JUST HAS TO DO WITH ADMINISTRATIVE AND REPORTING FUNCTIONS THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO DO A LOT OF OUR TEAMS AND AUDIT REPORTING.

AND THEN OTHER THAN JUST REDUCING THE AMOUNT WE'RE SPENDING UNDER THIS CONTRACT OR MOST OF THESE SERVICES, EXACTLY THE SAME AS THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE PREVIOUS YEARS.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FOR ME? ALL RIGHT. A MOTION TO APPROVE.

AT FIRST. I'LL MAKE A MOTION A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NO, OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. I7 RESOLUTION 23-46 CONSIDERING APPROVING RESOLUTION 2346 FOR PURCHASE OF SECURITY FILM FOR WESTLAKE ACADEMY BUILDINGS TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

[I.7. RES 23-46 Consider approving Resolution 23-46 for purchase of Security Film for Westlake Academy Buildings; and take appropriate action ]

PRETTY. GOOD EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. JUST HAVE A LASER POINTER ON IT.

I'M GONNA WORK. OKAY.

NEVER MIND. SO THIS IS FOR THE FORCED ENTRY RESISTANT FILM THAT WE NEED TO PURCHASE AS PART OF THE TR SAFETY SECURITY GRANT.

THE $200,000 ONE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW, WE FINALLY GOT THE GO FROM IT SO WE CAN FINALLY GO AHEAD WITH THE PURCHASE.

SO FOR THE FILM, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT QUOTES.

ONE IS FROM EXPEL INCORPORATION, EIGHT MIL FILM.

IT'S ABOUT $86,000 WE HAVE FROM NATIONAL GLAZING SOLUTION, WHICH IS ANOTHER EIGHT MIL FILM, WHICH IS $94,000.

AND THEN WE HAVE SAFE HAVEN DEFENSE, WHICH IS 15 MIL FILM.

THAT'S AT $109,000.

SO IF YOU CAN PLAY THE VIDEO.

YOU'RE ABLE TO THIS WILL SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENCE.

YEAH, IT WAS EMBEDDED.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST TALK THEM THROUGH IT, OLIVER? SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EIGHT MIL AND THE 15 MIL, BESIDES THE.

IT'S JUST. IT'S THE THICKNESS OF THIS FILM THAT GOES ON THE GLASS.

SO THE EIGHT MIL FILM, IT'S PRETTY STANDARD ACROSS MOST, I THINK, WINDOWS.

RIGHT? AND IT CAN PROBABLY STOP AN INTRUDER FOR LIKE 2 TO 4 MINUTES.

IF YOU THROW A ROCK AT IT, IT'S GOING TO KIND OF SHATTER.

PROBABLY THROW ANOTHER ROCK AT IT.

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH IT.

THEN YOU CAN KICK YOUR WAY THROUGH THE DOOR OR THE GLASS OR WHATEVER YOU'RE TRYING TO GO THROUGH.

THE 15 MIL FILM WILL PROBABLY LAST YOU LONGER, PROBABLY CLOSER TO 10 TO 12-14 MINUTES.

THE VIDEO, UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T SEE.

IT REALLY, REALLY SHOWS YOU HOW STRONG THAT 15 MIL FILM IS COMPARED TO THE EIGHT MIL.

SO THE 15 MIL IS OBVIOUSLY THE BETTER OPTION FOR SAFETY.

UM, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE BETTER OPTION FOR $200,000 CREDIT OR GRANT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PRICE DIFFERENTIAL? I WAS AT WORK. SO THIS IS FROM SAFE HAVEN DEFENSE, BUT THIS IS THE EIGHT MIL FILM THEY'RE SHOWING FIRST ONE BIG ROCK AT IT.

WINTERS IT I THINK THERE'S KIND OF A LITTLE HOLE WHERE THE ROCK GOES.

THE NEXT ONE GOES.

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YEAH, I WAS IN TWO MINUTES.

WELL, HE'S PRETTY STRONG.

YEAH. THIS IS THEIR 15 MIL FILM.

WE'VE GOT A OVER A WEEK INTRUDER.

SO HE GOES AND HE HITS IT, AND THEN SOME OTHER HUGE GUY COMES AND HE HITS IT AND NOBODY CAN GET THROUGH THE WHOLE VIDEO.

YOU HAVE TO PLAY IT ANYMORE. BUT IT JUST SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENCE IN STRENGTH BETWEEN THE TWO.

IT'S NOT BULLET PROOF, SO BULLET WILL GO THROUGH IT.

THEY DO HAVE A BULLETPROOF OPTION.

HOWEVER, IT'S PROBABLY DOUBLE THE PRICE.

I THINK THAT MAYBE ONE AND A HALF TIMES THAT PRICE.

SO PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS REALLY NECESSARY.

SO THE BEST PROTECTION FOR THE KIDS WOULD BE THE 15 MIL OPTION IN TERMS OF OVERALL SAFETY.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT FOR THE MOST BANG FOR THE BUCK.

AND THIS IS ONLY 23,000 MORE.

WHERE IS THIS PROPOSED TO GO EXACTLY? GLASSES OF IT'S GOING ON ALL THE WINDOWS, SCHOOL WINDOWS, ALL OF THE WINDOWS, ALL FIRST FLOOR WINDOWS, FIRST FLOOR, WINDOWS AND WINDOWS ADJACENT TO DOORS.

AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PORTABLES, ALREADY HAVE THIS BUILT INTO THE WHAT DO THEY HAVE? THEY HAVE THE WHOLE GLASS IS BUILT AS A BULLET.

BUT HOW WOULD IT COMPARE TO, OH, IT'S A BULLETPROOF GLASS.

THERE'S THIS 400 POUND WINDOWS.

SO, YEAH, THIS IS LIKE STUFF THE MILITARY USES.

DID THIS COME OUT OF RECOMMENDATION OR HOW DID THIS COME UP TO DO THIS, TO PUT THE FILM ON? IT'S REQUIRED BY THE TEA IN ORDER TO USE THESE FUNDS FOR OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANT TO USE CAMERAS OR WHATEVER.

THERE'S A CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS.

IS THERE A LIFETIME TO THESE PRODUCTS? DOES ONE LAST LONGER? DO THEY WEAR OUT THE 50 MIL ONE LAST LONGER? I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT LIFETIME OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THOUGH.

OTHER THING IS THERE'LL BE AN ENERGY SAVINGS ON THIS FILM.

THEY COME IN, THEY DO IT AFTER HOURS.

THEY JUST SO IT WON'T BE ANYTHING DISRUPTIVE.

IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL SUMMER OR SOMETHING.

YEAH, THEY CAN DO IT IN A HOLIDAY.

A NIGHT OR TWO NIGHTS.

PRETTY QUICK. I MEAN, IS THERE A DOWNSIDE TO THE 15 MIL? I WOULD SAY 15 MIL SHOULD BE THE OPTION.

WELL, SO THERE IS THERE'S NO DOWNSIDE.

THERE'S NOT A BIG PRICE DIFFERENCE.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO KNOW HE'S GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO I KNOW WE HAVE LIMITED GRANT FUNDS, BUT YEAH, SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE REMAINING GRANT FUNDS.

OBVIOUSLY IF WE GO WITH EACH ONE IS 113, 105 AND 90,000.

THE REASON I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GRANT FUNDS IS BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO UPGRADE OUR CAMERA OR VR SYSTEM AT THE SCHOOL.

WE HAVE THREE QUOTES FOR THE UPDATING OF THE CAMERAS AND THE VR SYSTEM, THE DIGITAL WATCHDOG JOHNSON CONTROLS.

AND THEN SPOT AI SEE THE PRICES THERE.

SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY, THOSE ARE THE THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS OR THE COMPLIMENTARY.

CAMERA SYSTEMS. THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR CAMERAS.

DIFFERENT OPTIONS. SO.

TWO OF THEM, DIGITAL WATCHDOG AND SPOT AI USES A KIND OF A CLOUD BASED SYSTEM.

JOHNSON CONTROLS.

THEY'RE JUST GOING TO USE THE ONES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE A LOT OF CAMERAS AND UPGRADE OUR OWN SYSTEM.

BUT THAT 92,000 IS ALL OF THE CAMERAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET, PLUS THE LABOR.

THE DIGITAL WATCHDOG AND THE SPOT.

I DO NOT INCLUDE LABOR, SO WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND SOMEONE TO INSTALL ALL THE CAMERAS THAT WE'D WANT TO GET, WHICH THAT COST IS, I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

BUT THAT'S JUST BUT THAT'S AN ANCILLARY ISSUE DOWN THE ROAD TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

YES, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

SO YOU'RE JUST SAYING WE GO WITH HOW MUCH THE REMAINING AMOUNT OF THOSE GRANT FUNDS.

I THINK WE SHOULDN'T BE LIMITED TO SAFETY AND SECURITY JUST TO THE GRANT FUNDS.

SO WHATEVER NEEDS TO HAPPEN, WE SHOULD JUST DO IT.

YEAH, JUST SHOWING YOU IF WE WENT WITH WHATEVER, THEN WE MIGHT USE TOWN FUNDS FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

FOR OTHER THING, I'LL ADD, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF MY WORLD, WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH OUT FOR.

AND A LOT OF SCHOOLS GET IN TROUBLE IS ANNUAL REOCCURRING LICENSES.

AND THE DIGITAL WATCHDOG IS A ONE TIME LICENSE.

THAT'S IT. SO I THINK PEOPLE GET ROPED INTO STUFF.

THEY DON'T REALIZE WHAT THEY'RE SIGNING AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SOMEBODY'S REOCCURRING REVENUE STREAM.

RIGHT. ANY OTHER SLIDES? UH, NO.

SO IT'S A CHOICE TONIGHT OF WHAT TO PICK, RIGHT, WADE? THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT.

A SAFE HAVEN DEFENSE.

REASONABLE, EVERYONE.

TIM, ARE YOU GOOD WITH IT? YEAH, THAT'S WHO I'D PICK.

I THINK A LOT OF SCHOOLS HAVE DONE THE INEXPENSIVE AND REGRETTED IT.

SO DO IT HALFWAY.

SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE SAFE HAVEN DEFENSE? CAN I GET FIRST? I'LL MAKE A MOTION BY A SECOND.

SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NO, OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE. LET'S SEE.

[J. TAKE ANY ACTION, IF NEEDED, FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS ]

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

YEAH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE MAYOR TO IDENTIFY AND ENGAGE AN INTERIM HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR WESTLAKE ACADEMY. AND CAN I GET A SECOND.

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UM, AND THEN FINALLY, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW? ALL RIGHT. NOT ME. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND ADJOURNMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CLOSING OUT AT 7:00.

EXACTLY. THANK YOU.

THANKS, EVERYONE. OH, MAN, THAT'S A NICE PEN.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.