K. Good afternoon. We'll call this regular meeting of the Carroll ISD Board of Trustees to order on 09/22/2025 at 5PM. First agenda item is executive session. Therefore, we will adjourn to executive session in accordance with Texas government code five five one dot zero seven one, five five one dot zero seven two, 551074, 551076, and 551-0821 at 5PM. Alright. Good evening, everybody. We'll call this meeting back to order at 6PM. Our first agenda item is the opening prayer.
Pledges of allegiance and moment of silence, will you all please rise? Heavenly Father, we thank you for bringing us together this evening in service to our students, staff and community. We ask for your guidance over this meeting that our conversations and decisions may reflect wisdom, respect, and shared commitment to what is best for our children. Tonight, we lift up in gratitude the dedicated teachers, employee and substitute of the month. We thank you for their tireless efforts, their passion and the positive impact they have each day on the lives of our
students. May they feel encouraged, valued, and supported in the important work they do. We also want to thank you for the students of Carroll Elementary School who are participating in our meeting tonight and representing their campus as Campus of the Month. We are grateful for the gift of this community and the many hands and hearts that make it strong. Be with us tonight as we conduct our work and may all that we do honor you and serve the best interest of our students. It's in Jesus Christ's name that we pray.
Amen. Miss Wagner? Good evening, doctor Glenn, president Bryan, and board of trustees. I have three lovely students here to help us with our pledges. They're gonna introduce themselves, and then we'll say. Hi. My name is Ben. I'm in fourth grade. My favorite subject is math. Hello. My name is Graham. I am in third grade, and my favorite subject is writing. Hi. My name is Ava, and I'm in third grade, and my favorite subject's math. Please join us for The US pledges. I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America and to the
republic which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Please join me for the Texas pledge. I pledge allegiance to honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the Texas, one state under God, one indivisible. Please join me for a moment of silence. Thank you. You may be seated. Alright. Thank you, students. Well done, miss Wagner. Keller Elementary is, the campus of the month, and you got something for us? We do, and, we would love for you all to We'll see how you feel about that.
Tonight, I have the privilege of bringing 10 of our third and fourth grade students along with their PE coach, coach Engel. They are here to share with something that we call our Friday dance. Each morning during announcements, our entire school joins in for five minutes of movement during wake up CES. These daily five minutes not only get our students energized and ready for learning, but they also help us with that state requirement of one hundred and thirty five minutes per week for our physical activity. We hope you'll enjoy it, and please feel free to join in if you would like.
Okay. We should have I'll be sure it's like a baseball game. Yeah. Yeah. That's the some dry ice. The, his will be mama tribe. Yeah. I don't know. Alright. Always good to see our students performing. Next item is item 4.2, and that's, we're gonna get into our board recognitions of the month. The first is Inspire Excellence teachers of the month. Doctor Davis, I believe you're up first, but we have a new sponsor tonight for our, Inspire Excellence, and that's EECU. So we're we're very appreciative of them. They're always been very big supporters of Carroll ISD,
and I know that they're here representing tonight. So thank you so much for being here. Doctor. Davis? Okay. Good evening. Doctor. Glenn, President Kim or Brian, sorry, and board trustees. You know? That's all he called me then. We are proud to honor Tammy Coe tonight, who doesn't wanna come up. And she tried to tell me she was gonna be off today, so she didn't come. But she's here. Miss Ko is a dedicated educator who embodies the spirit of excellence in every aspect of her work. She holds high expectations for both herself and her students, pushing them to exceed their math abilities and inspiring them to reach their fullest potential.
Her energetic presence and pure joy in the classroom create a positive and engaging learning environment where students thrive. As a third grade team leader, Tammy serves as a true servant leader, consistently going the extra mile to ensure her team feels prepared, supported, and valued. She leads with compassion, encouragement, and unwavering commitment to helping others succeed. Beyond her classroom team, Tamay extends her warmth and positivity throughout the entire building, making each staff member feel loved, appreciated, and empowered. One of the parents showed in, miss Coe is one of the best teachers I know. She inspires kids to love math.
She not only makes it fun, she also works and encourages them all to to excel. She has both of my boys. Hunter is now in compacted math at Durham. She made it fun and yet challenged him to do great every day. Hunter is now loving math and doing so well, very prepared since she had her. Gunner is now in her class, and he too is so motivated and loves math. Miss Coe knows how to be super motivating to get the kids to excel without making it boring or demotive. Not only the students love her, we parents love her also. And the other parent wrote in, Miss Coe exemplifies inspiring excellence through her unwavering dedication to both students and families.
Not only she set high academic and third grade team at Walnut Grove, but she also actively engaged parents in learning journey. Her passion for education is evident in everything she does, from the way she leads her team to the way she communicates with families. I first met miss Coe during curriculum night in August 2022, and I immediately impressed by the detailed booklet she prepared her students to understand third grade expectations. Her motto is inch by inch, third grade is a cinch. Yard by yard, third grade is hard. Has stuck with me ever since. It reflects her belief in steady progress and her commitment to helping every child succeed.
Now my second child is in third grade, and I've seen firsthand how deeply she cares for her students. Miss Ko updates the curriculum guide annually to ensure each student has the best possible start, and she consistently encourages parents' involvement, making sure that they're vital in the developmental stage. Her leadership, vision, and heart makes her a true Dragon teacher. And we are excited to also congratulate miss Tammy Coe as our expiry excellence teacher. Congratulations, miss Coe. Thank you, doctor Davis. Miss Coe, will you stick around? We'll take pictures at the end of the recording. It's her favorite part.
Yes. I know. Thank you. Alright. Miss Leonard, you're up. The adjustment. Alright. Good evening, doctor Glenn, president Bryan, and board of trustees. It is my honor tonight to recognize our Inspire Excellence recipient, miss, Monica Young, if you wanna come on up. Ms. Young joined the Southlake Carroll, community twelve years ago while earning her education degree working, as an aide in several special education classrooms. After graduating, she became a CM2 teacher at Dawson Middle School where she has shared her passion
for learning and unwavering commitment to students ever since. Specializing in supporting students with emotional and social disabilities, Ms. Young empowers her students to find success both inside and outside the general education classroom. She helps them build confidence and essential skills as they navigate the diverse classroom cultures they encounter each day. With a gift for making learning meaningful, she ensures every student feels not only understood but valued. When it comes to being a team player, miss Young steps up every single time. There's truly no job too big or too small for her.
For example, when we had a teacher who was out on an extended leave due to a family emergency, miss Young immediately jumped in to support the substitute by updating the teacher's Canvas page each day and making sure all class copies were prepared in advance. Miss Young also serves as our coordinator for extended day, a program that gives students the opportunity to stay after school to complete assignments or retake tests and quizzes. Not only does miss Young ensure that extended day is staffed each day, but she frequently stays herself whenever coverage is needed. Beyond the classroom, miss Young can be found at most of our Dawson Middle School football,
volleyball, and basketball games where she works the ticket gate to welcome spectators. Her willingness to go above and beyond whether in academics, special programs, or special or school events exemplifies her dedication to our students, staff, and our community. Her colleagues and I admire her dedication. Parents feel fortunate to have her as their child's teacher, and students know they can always count on her to have their best interest at heart. Here's what a few of her students had to say. Miss Young is the best teacher ever because she's fun. Another student said, miss Young is a great teacher because she's very kind and patient.
She loves to help students and makes lessons fun and easier to understand. I especially love this one, and I told him today that she's really going to love it. I have it in an envelope for you. But he said, miss Young is such an indescribably amazing teacher that no word is created for her understanding of people. Here's an example. Imagine being born with the power to understand everyone you ever meet with one single sentence and knowing exactly how they properly learn. That and much more is miss Young. I'm pretty sure the math is correct,
but I have been face to face with miss Young for over one point nine four four million seconds, and never has she ever shown any sign of anger to others. Not once has she shown aggression to others. Miss Young can never, in all caps, be beaten. We love miss Young. And here are just a few heartfelt words from her colleagues. I have been working with miss Monica Yang for over ten years, and she is absolutely incredible. She works with her students who need extra social and emotional support and often goes unnoticed because she is so flexible and wonderful.
One example that stood out was when she reminded students that it wasn't enough to simply grasp a concept. They also needed to use the proper scientific vocabulary. By holding them accountable for both comprehension and precise language, she taught them to think and communicate like true scientists. That kind of attention to detail inspires excellence and sets her apart as a teacher who prepares students for success beyond the classroom. I believe it is important to recognize miss Monica Young for her unwavering dedication and her ability to inspire excellence in education within Carroll ISD. She approaches her work with remarkably positivity and never complains,
consistently finding ways to support not only her students, but all students within the school community. Her calm demeanor, encouraging attitude create an inviting atmosphere, making it easy for students and colleagues alike to seek her assistance. She willingly offers help in any situation and maintains the highest level of professionalism at all times. Dawson's students and staff are truly fortunate to have the privilege of working alongside such an exceptional educator. Another teacher said, Monica is an excellent partner in the classroom. She encourages and supports all students, helping them believe in themselves.
And another teacher said her ability to connect with our CM2 students is a gift that helps them self regulate and face their daily challenges with confidence. These reflections speak volumes about miss Young's impact, not only as an educator, but as a mentor, a role model, and a source of inspiration. Please join me in celebrating miss Monica Young for her incredible love and commitment to the students, families, and staff at Dawson Middle School. She truly embodies the spirit of Inspire Excellence. Congratulations, miss Young. Thank you, miss Leonard. Congratulations, miss Young. Okay. Our Inspire Excellence employee of the month,
mister Park. Good evening. Doctor. Glenn, President Bryant, trustees, please join me in celebrating our Inspire Excellence employee of the month, Saba Raff, if you'd like to join me here. Saba has been an incredibly hardworking and knowledgeable member of our business office, always approaching her work with positivity, conscientiousness, and thoroughness. Outside payroll, she probably knows, the most about every other function, in our office, which, speaks volumes to her dedication to to her work. On top of her superb work ethic, she always has a smile on her face and a positive and team first attitude.
She has been an integral part of our financial services team, and as one nominee stated, she truly has the heart of a Carol Dragon. I'm honored to recognize Saba and her family here tonight, husband and two, Dragon students, tonight as our Inspire Excellence employee of the month. Congratulations. Thank you, mister Park. Okay. We have our, Dragon Super substitute, tonight sponsored by Potbelly sandwiches. They've always been a big supporter as well as Carol S. D, so we we thank them. Miss Wagner? Absolutely. We are excited to celebrate miss Taylor Luther. Taylor, come on up,
as our CES super sub of the month. Taylor has had three children. Reese is here right now, that has been a part of the CES community and family, and she's been a parent with us since 2021. She was always willing to quite literally drop everything and come running whenever we needed her. Taylor happily filled in anywhere we asked. Pre k, sped, encore, and, of course, the para and the classroom teacher. And she did it always with that beautiful smile that she has. I say was because, miss Parsons
may have stole her away, and she is now one of our art clerks. So she's no longer at Carroll Elementary School, but but how lucky are we that she's still serving children in a different way? So here are some things that some of our teachers said about Taylor. Taylor was willing to take the last minute jobs we had opened, and she was always willing to switch to a different job than she was ex than she had accepted if we needed her to do so. Taylor always goes beyond and gathers the type of attitude and a warm smile to our campus. She knows the students by name and enjoys stepping in to be the teacher when
I needed her to be. Taylor has been such an incredible substitute for my classroom. She is curious about each student's special interests, needs, strengths, and priorities and connects with them. Her laid back demeanor and sense of humor keep the classroom calm and ready to learn. My students trust her and look forward to seeing her. Well, they're going to be sad. But Taylor comes to CES every day with a smile and positive attitude. The kids look forward to having her in the classroom, and I do too. She is someone I trust, can count on and excited to see on campus.
She is so well deserving. I am so thankful for Taylor Luther. Taylor is one of those people who make our school a better place. She is not just an amazing substitute, she is also a great friend as well. Taylor brought kindness, patience, humor and a sense of calm every time she came into my classroom. I'm grateful for all of her days that I could count on her to sub for me. So as I said, huge loss for CES, but a great gain for Carroll ISD. So let's celebrate Taylor. Sweet. Okay. Congratulations again, everyone. Our next item on the agenda is item number five,
which is public comments. Ms. Shelton, do we have any public comments tonight? We do not have any public comments this evening. Okay. Thank you, miss Shelton. We'll move on to item number six, which is consideration and possible action on personnel report. We don't have anything to take action on, on the personnel report, so we'll move to item number seven, which is the president's report. Report. Item 7.1 is committee reports. Do we have any report outs for committees? I just have one update. So last Trustee Bottom. Last week, miss Petty was talking about the mentorship program, and we were mentioning how DAC committee was going to kind of take that on.
They looked into it. The TA mentorship program is more for, socioeconomically disadvantaged roles, but she went and found a, lasso grant. Is is it lasso grant? Yes. Okay. The lasso grant. So that's an option. The first stat committee meeting is October 7. Okay. And that grant opening is from, October to December. So the committee will be focused on securing some funds for mentorship within our schools. Excellent. And that's for specifically to pay for? To pay for mentors, training, to pay, like,
stipend fees for being a mentor. So that will help Okay. For our teachers? For our teachers. Right. Oh, wow. Thank you so much, miss Petty. That's great news. Excellent. Thank you, trustee Bottom, for mentioning that. Okay. Any other committee reports? Okay. We'll move straight to the president's report. I have a few updates to share with everyone. First, we are pleased to announce that Carroll ISD recently received a generous donation of displays of the 10 commandments from Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. These displays meet the size and text requirements prescribed by Texas law. These, donated posters will be placed in every classroom in accordance with Senate Bill 10 which
was passed during the twenty twenty five Texas legislative session and signed into law by the governor. Under SB 10, each poster must be displayed in a conspicuous place in each classroom, must include only the text of the 10 Commandments as provided in the bill, and must be at least 16 inches wide by 20 inches tall. It is important to note that some districts across Texas are currently under preliminary injunctions and litigation challenging SB 10, including Alamo Heights, Plano, Northside, and others. However, Carroll ISD is not among those districts enjoined in our and we are proceeding in
full compliance with the law. Also, as a reminder to everyone present and in our community, we are conducting a series of VATRE town halls. That stands for Voter Approved Tax Ratification Election in preparation for the upcoming vote on 11/04/2025. These Town Halls are being organized to provide facts, answer questions and allow for open dialogue about what the VATRE means for our students, staff, taxpayers, programs, and the financial future of Carroll ISD.
We believe in transparency and want every member of the community to have the opportunity to understand the implications before going to the polls. We have multiple town hall dates scheduled, both community wide and campus specific, so that participation is accessible. We encourage parents, staff, and community stakeholders to attend one or more of these meetings. Lastly, last week, the BRAC Tiger Team two held its first meeting as part of the ongoing five year budget review and advisory committee,
which stands for BRAC, plan. The purpose of this team is to analyze, prioritize and determine the next recommendations for the five year plan to help Carroll ISD address budget pressures, balance our financial commitments and prevent the need for cuts to staff or or academic programs. This work is critical to ensuring we continue providing the highest quality education while being responsible stewards of taxpayer resources. We appreciate the team's diligence and commitment to finding sustainable solutions.
That is my President's report. We will move on now to item number eight, which is the superintendent's report. Doctor. Glenn, I'll turn it over to you. Thank you, Mr. President and Trustees. Well, as we move into the fall season, I want to take a minute to celebrate the incredible momentum experiencing across all Carroll ISD campuses. I'm proud to share that CISD is once again been rated an A District by the Texas Education Agency. Every single campus earning an A rating. I don't think people recognize how rare that is and this level of achievement doesn't
happen by chance. It's the result of extraordinary dedication by our students, educators, support staff and families who consistently set and meet high expectations. Our commitment to academic excellence continues to shine on the national stage as well as 32 Carroll ISD students have been named National Merit Scholar semifinalists. Most all of those will become National Merit Scholars. An outstanding accomplishment that reflects their hard work as well as the strong foundation provided
by our teachers and curriculum teams. These students exemplify what it means to be a Dragon. Focused, disciplined and driven to succeed. In athletics, our student athletes are off to an incredible start this fall. The Carroll Dragon football team is the top ranked football team in the state while our volleyball, cross country and water polo teams are all competing at elite levels and earning recognition throughout Texas. We are proud to be strong contenders once again for the UIL Lone Star Cup, which recognizes the most successful districts in the state based on academics,
athletics and fine arts. Our Dragons continue to represent our community with pride, sportsmanship and a relentless drive to be their best. Our fine arts program is also thriving. Last Friday night, the Carol Dragon Band debuted their stunning new uniforms adding even more excitement to our game day traditions. The band looked and sounded phenomenal and I wanna thank our Board of Trustees for their ongoing support including the investment of these new uniforms and the new van trailer
which ensures our students will have the tools and resources they need to succeed both on and off the field. In addition, Carroll Senior High's production of Mamma Mia opened this past weekend to large crowds and great reviews. The talent, energy, and professionalism of our students and directors were on full display and it was a powerful reminder just how strong the Fine Arts program is right here in Carroll. It's a great time to be a Dragon. The level of excellence we are seeing across every corner of Carroll from the classrooms
to the competition fields to the performance stages, it's something special and it reflects the incredible support of this community. Thank everybody who's watching tonight and in attendance for continuing to partner with us to make Carolinas the the top district in the state of Texas. Mr. President, that's your report for September. Thank you, Doctor. Glenn. It is great, to be a dragon indeed. Let's move on to our information portion of our meeting item number nine. 9.1, consider twenty twenty five-twenty twenty six district improvement plan,
campus improvement plans. Ms. Petty? Good evening, President Bryan, trustees, Doctor. Glenn. I bring forward to you tonight the district and campus improvement plans. These plans are required by policy. These these, these well, all of a sudden, I've gone blank. You're good. These plans these campus and district improvement plans, have been created based upon different committees. The for the district committee, we had it's created in part by the, district advisory committee. The campus committees are committed are created by the principals and they also have community
members on them. The district and the campus improvement, plans must be revised and reviewed annually. The purpose of the campus and district improvement plan is to guide our district in the direction as far as academic goals to ensure that all students receive that complete excellence in education that you just mentioned a few minutes ago. So we are proud to to bring to you information only, the district and campus improvement plans. I do wanna give a huge shout out to our principals. They've done an outstanding job with their campus improvement plans.
They are the goals themselves are modeled after the district plan, but they have created their own individual plans that are aligned with their philosophies on their campuses. So do you have any questions? Thank you, miss Petty. And I I would like to say and thank the principals as well because, the process from when I came on the board, four and a half, five years ago is dramatically improved. And, you know, hats off to them for pouring in, the effort into our community members and our teachers, everybody that's part of building these, plans. We appreciate it,
so much. It's just the plans are such the quality is so much better, than it was four or five years ago, something that we can actually look at, the trustees can look at and really, make decisions on. So we appreciate that. One question I had was, sometimes these plans change over the course of the year. Is that the intent, of this, that it's like a work in progress that as things come up that we want to add that to the plans or take things off that maybe they thought they would need but they don't? Absolutely. This is a living document.
So as we continue to work and we accomplish our goals or as things come up during the school year and we notice, oh, we need to add that, we are welcome to do that. And I know you guys just, you know, brief us once a year because that's that's what's required. But I think I would ask and the trustees would probably appreciate that. If there's anything on a campus, that comes up that that that that needs to come to our attention, that's that's major change to one of these CIPs. Okay. Would you please make sure that you bring that to our attention so that we can discuss that?
Absolutely. Okay. Absolutely. Alright. Thank you. Any other questions or comments for miss Betty? I just had one and that is that, this is the fourth year that we've I've seen these And there may be people that are new to our community and they're sitting in a, you know, Old Union or Walnut Grove neighborhood and they wanna learn more about what's my school like, right? These are really, as as President Bryant said, these are very comprehensive reports. And they're all available online. So if you're watching and I don't know Yeah. Push them out another way,
but they are a great way to really understand your campus, where your kiddos go. And then also, I think from a PTO and a parent point of view, we have a lot of people say, how can I help? Right? And there are things that are identified in here of needs. Yes. Absolutely. So I don't think people should gloss over. I think you should if your kids go to these schools, you should read this. Trustee Yeager, I think that you bring up good points because we always push out an email to the community with the president's and the superintendent's reports. So if we could add a link, to the capital improvement plans for each campus to that,
I think that would be very helpful. Absolutely. It's a good fit for every family member in the district. Miss Petty, these these are linked on the district website. Correct? They are. Yes. So perfect. Great. Any other comments? No. I just wanted to say I got asked to serve on one of these campus committees a couple of years ago, and there is a lot of data that gets pushed in these committees to parent that's comprised of parents, and teachers. And there's multiple meetings going over this information. The the the the the the the the due diligence. Yes. They really do. They take a lot of time, and they really do put a lot of thought and effort into them.
So I do appreciate it. And, Gina, am I correct? Like, in the last, you know, four four years or so, we've been working very hard on horizontal alignment too, not just the vertical piece, but making sure that we're having that collaboration across campuses. Absolutely. Thank you. That's my my own comment around, like, you know, measurement, like, making sure that it gets accomplished. So it does that happen at the end of the school year, or how does that what's that process? Each campus at the end of the school year will basically wrap up their their campus improvement plan, and the district will wrap up its district improvement plan at the end of the school year. You look to see what you got accomplished,
what you want to carry over into the next school year. So, during the summer, we start building our next year's CIP and DIP. So, that's how that goes. Okay. Thank you, Ms. Petty. Thank you for all of your work on this as well. Thanks. Appreciate it. Okay. Moving on to the discussion action portion of our agenda item number ten, ten point one, consider approval of district employee retention stipends. Ms. Kibodeau. Good evening, doctor Glenn, President Bryan, and board of trustees. Last board meeting last week, I shared information about the employee retention stipend,
and I'd like to just provide a quick recap of that. Looking at our full time employees, they would receive a retention stipend of $2,000 distributed over two payments, dollars 1,000 in November 2025 and the remaining $1,000 in April 2026. Part time employees would receive half of that full amount totaling $1,000 and those would also be distributed, in two payments again in November '25 and,
or 500 in November and 500 in April 2026. Just to define part time employees, that would be anyone that fell between a point five and a point nine nine FTE, would be eligible for that part time. In order to be eligible, the employee for the November payment, the employee would have to be employed by September 1 and in good standing. For the April 26 payment, the employment would have to be in good standing and actively employed, in the district, as of actively employed, in the district, as of 01/05/2026.
And so I'm here asking for approval of the retention staff. Thank you, miss Caboteau, for, for recapping, last week. I just wanna make sure everybody understands that that that this happens if the VATRE passes on November 4. Yes. That is the beginning. Trustees at the recommendation of doctor Glenn and you, miss Kibito, we appreciate you bringing that forward to us is that if the VATRE passes November 4, we have immediate access to that money, and we want to, provide all of our staff an immediate payment,
at that time. So that's where the two payments come in at $2,000 total. But we have also the board of trustees have also asked you and to doctor Glenn that by April to come up with new payment schedules, if the VATRE, is passed in November that, provides all of our workforce, with a pay raise commensurate with the market value of their, specific, area of expertise. So, that will come in April. We can't really change all the payment schedules this year, correct? Yes, it would be a heavy lift. And again,
this previous legislative session, some great salary increases came about as a result of it, but they didn't hit everybody. And so the challenge that you gave the administrative team was come back in April, and we'll make sure that at that time, assuming the ratification of the VATRE, that we put together salary schedules that are reflective and competitive with our area. And just to kind of reiterate the, the pay structure assuming the VATRE is ratified in November. The board has been very clear that we want to take care of our staff, first to make sure that we're competitive across the board.
And so that is the purpose of this recommendation that we bring you tonight. Secondly, we want to protect programs. We know those programs. As I mentioned in my report, those are the things that really make Carroll special. And then finally, we got to make sure that we're always mindful of our fiscal responsibility to adopt a balanced budget. Right. Let me just remind the community that we are projecting right now or the district is projecting a $4,000,000 deficit this year and the net proceeds if the VATRE passes is approximately $4,000,000.
So, like we said, we want to prioritize our staff, and teachers first. We wanna make sure that we do not get, have to move away from or cancel any of the academic programs that we have currently, and we want to use this money to help balance the budget. But that's not gonna be enough, and that's why we have, the BRAC Tiger team two talking about other means of bringing in, additional revenue to be able to help us out in future years in terms of staff budget and program.
So, thank you so much for bringing that to our attention. Thank you, Doctor. Glenn for explaining that. Any other questions or management discussion with this Kibito? I have just one comment and I know the answer to it, but it's really for our community. We know that the state, they didn't do what we wanted when it comes to all of the funding, but they did fund teachers, especially teachers who have been here. Right? I think what's really important is that the trustees here recognize that the non teacher roles are just as important. Absolutely. And that this retention, we've talked a lot about what can we do for bus drivers,
what can we do for child nutrition, our janitorial staff. This is something that will be money in their pocket in November and then again in April, which I'm really proud of this Board doing that and thank you for putting that together. And again, we're going to address some of the positions where we know we've been deficient that if this VATR gets passed, we can do that after. Absolutely. And I know Ms. Kibbeau and Mr. Park are already having those conversations and starting preliminary planning on what we may be
able to do to address those who were not taken care of in this past legislative session beginning in April And, well, presented in April so that we can provide adequate notification to our staff what the next fiscal year would look like in terms of salary. Our plan is to start digging into those and real quick so we can have some to present. Thank you for bringing that up, Trustee Yeager. Doctor. Glenn, thank you for the explanation. Anything else, trustees? Okay. Any other motion? I move that this Board approve the employee retention stipend as discussed at the September
15 special board meeting pending approval of the voter approved tax ratification election on 11/04/2025. Second. Motion and second. Any further discussion? All in favor? Motion carries five to zero. Thank you, Ms. Kibodeau. Thank you. Okay. Moving on to item 10.2, consider approval of local policy updates. There are several of those. Mr. Nickel, you are presenting. Yes, sir. Let me, get my presentation up here. Perfect. President O'Brien, Doctor. Glenn, and Board of Trustees, good evening. Our legislature, as we've heard earlier,
just wrapped up the eighty ninth session and passed many laws that impact school districts. In response to this, I have a group of policies that have been provided to us by T and we're recommending for approval this evening. Last week I went through each of those. I'm going to go through just a few of the highlights this week and answer any questions that you may have. And so, let me start. EFB, this is related to library books, in response to Senate Bill 13. And, this really just kind of one one of the big pieces is that parents get notification,
with all of their, students' checkouts in the library and, just kind of expands board and parental oversight within our libraries. Hey, mister Nickel, let me ask you this and maybe this is something that you can come back, with an answer, to us on and that is, in our officers meeting this morning, we talked about this a little bit and that is, we understand that there's possibly some material that violates this law, in our libraries and on our campuses. Are we going to go back through an evaluation of the books that are in existing in our libraries right now to
determine whether or not they meet or do not meet, this new law? And if so, is that gonna be done, you know, now or is that gonna be done this summer? Or, you know, maybe we haven't even considered that yet. I know that our librarians are always actively looking at their collections. And I know that, miss Petty and I have been in been in communication with with some collections that have been reviewed or beginning to be reviewed even now. But Okay. That's an ongoing process. But if you want more detail, I'm sure that we can bring that to you. Okay. I appreciate that. I just wanted to bring it to your attention and hopefully that we can make sure that there if there's,
instructional material that exists in our libraries that, violate this particular law, we need to make sure that we identify that and remove it from our our campuses. Yes, sir. Thank you. The next, policy that I have up is FNC. This is, related to personal electronic devices that we've talked about, several times. We already have practice in place. This is getting our policy to align with the practice that we've adopted. The next big piece, grievances, and then, public complaints, and make sure that we're aligned with the new legislation that was adopted with Senate
Bill 12. This is one that we talked about last time and there was a little bit of ambiguity in BBB related to board elections. And, there was a statement about permitting moving trustee elections to November uniform date. And, kind of what I did additional reading that I was going to provide was just that it gives the districts more flexibility and for ISDs that hold their general elections, on a date other than the November uniform date, the bill allows the governing body to change that date to the November uniform date. And it says, you know,
some districts that have elections on the non November dates now have that option but aren't required to move them to the November date, which, may lead to increased voter turnout and possibility of cost savings to align with those dates. So that was, the reasoning behind that. And wasn't there a year 2030? That is correct. And if we decide that we want to move from May to November, we have until 2030 to do so. That's correct. Thank you. And I'm going to skip forward several pieces. And all of these are online? That's correct. We've had these posted for the last two weeks and, they're red line copied as well,
so we have that available. The next one I'll talk about is FA local with parent rights. This is again in response to Senate Bill 12 and there's a provision, marked in the bill talking about an online forum for community to be able to make comments. And so we've done a little bit of analysis of what some local districts are doing and really what the intent of that bill is. And it's really to create an opportunity for the public to make sure that their voice is being heard in some sort of a digital platform. And so we currently have trustee emails posted where the community can reach out to
you. And so we are already meeting that provision already and we'll continue to do so in that manner. And that is, those are all the pieces that I wanted to make sure and draw your attention to unless you have additional questions. Appreciate that. Thank you, mister Nickel. Any questions, comments from mister Nickel? No, I just want to commend you. I know it's a lot of work, a lot of policies. It was a huge legislative session getting that lift done. When after Board approval will Tee be able to have this uploaded on our policy documents online? It should be within a couple of days. Thank you, Doctor. Glenn. Any other comments,
questions? Motion? I move that the Board approve the local policy updates as presented by Mr. Nickel. Second. We have a motion and second. Any further discussion? All in favor? Motion carries five to zero. Thank you, Mr. Knuckle. Okay. We're gonna go to the, item 11, which is our last item on the agenda, which is the consent agenda. And before I turn it over to Trustee Yeager for our donations, I I I do wanna move because I think it's very important, and I I just now caught this, 11.5, which is the MOU between, us and Texas Woman's University. I wanna move that up into the agenda because I would like doctor Glenn,
if you would, every single time that we get a new university, I want you to explain again. Your the program that you brought to us has been, so inspiring and successful. We appreciate you. We keep on getting new universities, it seems, every single meeting. So can you explain just in general terms to the community what this is all about? No, it is definitely exciting to be part of a district where universities reach out to you and they say, we we want your students. We recognize how great students are at Carroll ISD and, we are willing to to take them. They don't need to take the ACT.
They don't need to take the the SAT. Not only do we want them, we'll throw scholarship money at them as well because we know you have exemplary students in this district. And it did. It started with a, a phone call to Tarleton State University Division one School located in Stephenville. But I got I have to give Gina Petty a little credit in her curriculum team. She has spun that one university partnership into, I think we're up to eight now, including multiple division one universities, including our largest one, universities, including our largest big 12 member which jumped on board with us last month, which was Texas Tech.
And so, really just a credit not only to our curriculum team and this board for just being visionary enough to say, you know what, let's do something that no other public school district in Texas is doing, building these partnerships, building these bridges. But thank you to our parents, our families, our teachers for just raising such great kids because it does make it really easy and attractive to these universities when they see the product we're putting out at Carroll Senior High. Thank you, doctor Glenn, for your leadership in bringing this program, to Carroll ISD. Thank you, miss Petty, for your efforts, in making this happen as well.
Since I move this off the consent agenda, Trustee Yeager, can I get in a motion? Yes. I have a quick question. I'm so sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. Sure. There was also on their a dual credit program. So are we partnering with them for dual credit classes as well? Yes. Ms. Petty, do you want to come up here and speak to the dual credit option? So we do have Tarrant County College's dual credit partner. I will tell you that we are looking as far as our entire dual credit program platform. We have shopped that a little bit, not necessarily ready to commit to any specific university at this time,
but I do know that, miss Petty can speak to this point because it's exciting. We are we are looking at partnering with some other, universities. So, TWU, if if our students go through their dual credit while they're here, then they are given automatic admission. They are also given, extremely generous scholarships as well. So we've got several universities that we're working with that are offering similar. We are trying to work with Texas Tech to do one. They've got a, building that's located in Las Colinas, Op 161, which is not far from here from our students. So we're trying to give our students more.
TCC is doing a great job, but they have limited options for some of our kids. And so we would like to give some of our students a little broader opportunity. And when we're looking at these universities, they are wanting to work with us. They are coming and asking us if we will work with them for dual credit. That's great. I mean, it's such a great idea in a program. Miss Petty, I know TCC, sends a teacher teachers here and we provide a classroom. Is that, I heard you say that possibly if Texas Tech, did that for us, that that maybe we would send our students over to their campus.
Is that the same with the others? That would be yes. That's the same with the others. We've got some that we're looking at where, our teachers would be trained that during the summer, our teachers would go train with their Right. There's an on ramps program that's with Texas Tech. I mean, with Texas Tech. UT UT of Texas. So our teachers would go and be trained with the college professors, and then our students would receive dual credit both from the colleges and from ours Oh, wow. With our teachers. So So they could stay on campus for a portion of that. That's exactly right. And Okay. And we think that's a great opportunity.
It's a great opportunity for our for our teachers as well. TWU is looking to work with us to help our teachers to give them scholarships. So there is a requirement in order to be a, dual credit instructor. You have to have x number of college credits in that particular teaching field. And some of our teachers are just short of that. But when you look at college tuition, it's expensive. And so we appreciate these universities, their willingness to work with our staff, to guarantee a I think they call it the pioneer promise where you'll get out
debt free. Our teachers would get out debt free whenever they leave. That's pretty cool. Cool. It really is cool. It's a great opportunity for all of us. So in short answer to your question, Trustee Stacy, there's like forty two, forty five hours of undergrad curriculum in Texas. We call that like core curriculum. So that's your English thirteen oh one, thirteen oh two, History thirteen oh one, thirteen oh two. So like the base curriculum that every university requires of a degree. And so having the opportunity to maybe shop that with a high level university partner,
where kids could start their first, let's say thirty to forty hours right here in Carroll and then transfer to a, let's say, Texas Tech or to University of Texas and they've already got a year under their belt that they took right here at Carroll. That's something that would probably be the next level that we would go to with this type of partnership. When we find a high level partner that's willing to say, Hey, do your first year in Carroll and then come to us and do three more years. Maybe combine that. I know Texas A and M does combos where you can get a master's degree
in five years. So, you do your undergrad for four years and one more year you get a master's degree. So imagine if they could do that first year here, now they're just going to school for four years and they're walking out with their their master's degree. So, there's some opportunities out there. We wanna find the right partner. We also need to make sure that we find a partner with some flexibility because not every student is going to go to UTU or to Texas Tech or Texas A and M, so we need to make sure that we find somebody that wherever our kids go, and we know our kids go a variety of places, that that credit will transfer with them. Before I make a motion,
I just wanted to say what's really nice about each of these schools that Doctor. Glenn and Ms. Petty has brought and we've approved, they're all very different. And I'm not exactly sure, and maybe some people in the community might not know, how the different academics, for example, Texas Woman's University has a strong College of Nursing. I mean, in a way I kind of look at it, is there a way for us possibly to tap in, right, to that or a student? Yeah. Tarleton has a great teacher's program. Exactly, right. Every one of them has a good program that's unique to those each of those
higher eds. And in a way, it kind of extends our curriculum Absolutely. You know, that we can offer students. Absolutely. Through some of these partnerships, we've already been able to they've reached out to some of our CMA programs and wanted us to partner with them and and do some field trips with them. So it's already starting to open doors, and we've just started. So we're really excited about this. I mean, it's a great opportunity. That's super exciting. Texas Tech has a vet school and a medical school. And so, yeah, we're trying to be as diverse as we can. And and not only not only do we have the big universities,
but we have some small colleges too for kids that are looking for that small, college environment as well. So, So it's neat to see it growing and I know you've had a lot to do with that, Tina. So thank you. Thank you, Ms. Petty. With that, I move that this Board approve the memorandums of understanding between Carroll ISD and Texas Woman's University. Second. Motion is second. Any further discussion? Okay, all in favor. Motion carries five-zero. Okay, I think we have a few donations. Trustee Yeager, I'll let you take that away. We do. As we've said so many times, every actually every regular Board meeting,
we talk about donations from our generous contributors, parents and people in the community. The first one is the Carroll Athletic Booster Club, a generous donation of $7,557 a donation from the Carroll Middle School PTSO, generous donation of $6,112 a donation from the Emerald Bells Booster Club, and this is a donation up to $15,000 Just as an FYI, this is an Emerald Bells trip to San Marcos,
which will be held February into March for the Showmakers competition at Texas State University and how great to have Arbelle representing CISD there. There is one correction and that is I want to point that out to Doctor. Glenn and President Bryan and that is in our donations that are covered under 11 of all of our donations is out of state travel. And just to get a probably just some an error here, but the Carroll baseball and this is 11.8,
I believe it is. Yes, sir. Carroll baseball, it goes through the student group location departure dates. As many people know, we do approve the out of state expenses and we say what is the funding source. And the funding source was just accidentally put down I think district for their trip in February to Orange County and that's actually by the Parents and boosters. Yes, Trustees, yes, I apologize for that error. On Page seven sixty seven of your Board package, you'll see where that funding source is listed as district.
However, in August, you all clearly approved that as parent and booster funded. So I apologize for that error. No worries. Thank you, Doctor. Stone. Thank you, Trustee Yeager, for pointing that out. I move to approve the consent agenda as presented. And second. Motion and second. All in favor? Motion carries five to zero. No objection, we'll adjourn this meeting at 07:01PM. Thank you, Board.