All right. Good afternoon. We'll call this special meeting of the Carroll ISD Board of Trustees to order on 11/03/2025 at five p. M. First agenda item is executive session. Therefore, we'll adjourn to executive session in accordance with Texas Government Code 551.071, 551.072, 551.074, 500 51 point 076 and 551-0821 at 5PM. Alright. Good evening. 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 come before you this evening with grateful hearts for the opportunity to serve our students, families, and community. Thank you for the blessings you have poured over Carroll ISD, for our dedicated teachers and staff, for the parents who partner with us and for the students who inspire us each day to strive for excellence. Tonight, we give special thanks for Carroll Senior High recognized as our Campus of the Month. We are grateful for the leadership,
staff and students who make it a place of learning, growth and dragon pride. We also celebrate our Super Substitute of the Month, shining example of commitment and flexibility stepping in whenever and wherever needed to ensure learning continues without interruption. Lord, we also lift up the two candidates who are offering themselves in service to our district in the upcoming election for Place 3. We pray that you grant them wisdom, grace, and peace during this time. May your hand guide the hearts of voters and may the outcome reflect what is
best for our students and community. As we conduct our business tonight, we ask you for your wisdom and unity. Help us to make decisions with integrity, humility, and a servant's heart, always keeping the well-being of our students at the center of all we do. We thank you for your continued blessings on Carroll ISD and ask that you watch over everyone gathered here tonight. It's in Jesus Christ's name that we pray. Amen. Miss Lewis? Toni? Good evening. We have five of our junior well, juniors and some seniors, to do our, pledges of allegiance and our Texas our Texas pledge.
Do you mind if you wanna introduce yourself? Hi. I'm Dylan. I'm a junior at, I'm a junior at Carroll Senior High School. Hi. I'm Neha. I'm a senior at Carroll Senior High School. Hi. I'm Aubrey, and I'm also a senior. I'm Christine, and I'm also a senior. I'm Elliot, and I'm a senior. I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas,
one state under God, one and indivisible. And now for a moment of silence. Thank you. Thank you, students. Appreciate that. Our next agenda item, is recognitions in our campus of the month is Carroll Senior High School. Ms. Lewis. Good evening, Doctor. Glenn, President Bryan, and Board of Trustees. Today marks day 57 of the twenty twenty five-twenty twenty six school year, and already Carroll Senior High has so much to celebrate. In Carroll ISD, excellence isn't just something we strive for at who we are.
It's a tradition built over time by our students, teachers, coaches, fine arts directors, and our community. And this fall, that tradition has been on full display. As you know, we have 71 Commended Scholars, 32 National Merit semifinalists, each one a reflection of hard work, determination, and the support of outstanding teachers. Our tennis teams coached by Corey Aldridge and Abigail Malman advanced to regionals and represented the Dragons with incredible grit and sportsmanship. Our boys cross country team coached by Justin Litter just brought home another state championship.
Congratulations to Caden Leonard who finished first with a time of fourteen forty two, securing his spot as one of the greatest runners in Texas six a history. And our girls cross country team finished fifth in the state, an amazing accomplishment for them all. Our volleyball team, coached by Leslie Jackson, advances to round two of playoffs tomorrow. Coach Riley Dodge earns his one hundredth win, and our football team stands proud as district four six a champions preparing for their first playoff game next week. Under direction of Ken Johnson,
our award winning band continues to set the standard of excellence on and off the field. Our theater department, under the leadership of Ryan Barb, wrapped up a successful first show of three consecutive nights of a sold out crowd and is already preparing their next production, A Christmas Carol. Director Casey Levy continues to lead our choir as they prepare for their winter concert, and our debate team, led by our renowned coach Anthony Brown, has competed in five tournaments this semester, winning four of the five. These achievements are more than trophies or titles.
They're reminders that in Carroll ISD, excellence is not an event. It's a culture, a legacy, and it's a Dragon tradition that continues to ignite the fire within every student who walks through the doors. And this evening, we're excited to highlight four groups who embody that same spirit of excellence. One group you've heard about before are incredible CMA students who would like to give you an update about their time at the hospital. We also have miss Burcamp, one of our AP English teachers here with a couple of students to talk about AP Capstone. Ms. Flores and Ms.
Castillo will share some great things happening in our 200 hallway with their students. And following their presentation, we'll hear from a couple of students who compete in rodeo, including our very own Rodeo Queen, who will tell you a little more about her unique and inspiring hobby. Good evening, everyone. My name is Neha Arjan. I am a senior and the webmaster and executive student executive board member for CMA. Thanks to the unwavering efforts of miss Metcalfe, miss Henning, the CISD school board, and the CMA parent booster board, CMA students have the opportunity to shadow health care workers at Methodist Southlake this year.
The past week, I got to shadow a health care worker in the cath lab. It was exciting to see the information we have been learning in class about cardiac medications, procedures, and the fundamentals of patient care being practiced in real time. Although many CMA seniors have internships and research experience, this internship stands out as the hospital providers are familiar with us and our program. The providers often ask us questions about what we're learning in biotech and take the time to teach us and offer visual aids for our class topics in a hospital setting that can't be offered in class with textbooks and notes.
I always look forward to hearing the stories from my classmates who shadowed in different areas of the hospital and asking miss Metcalfe any questions I had from my hospital learning to to clarify any doubts I may have for the future. Once again, I am so grateful to miss Metcalfe, miss Henning, the CISD school board, and the team at Methodist Southlake for helping my classmates and I gain this experience connect our to connect our in class learning to hands on experiences, setting the path for our future careers in medicine. Thank you. Thank you so much. I'd just like to say that we're so excited that this,
new in kind service by Methodist Hospital is, a positive, attribute for you guys. And, Trustee Yeager is the one that really spearheaded this effort. And there's so many in kind services. And we're so thankful for CEO, Vincent Chocko, for coming up with these ideas. And we thank you guys and your Thank you so much. For participating. So thank you. Thank you. Yep. Good evening, doctor Glenn and members of our board of trustees. My name is Erin Burkhamp, and I am the RLA department chair and the teacher of the AP Capstone program at Carroll Senior High School. It is my honor today, along with four of my wonderful students,
to showcase our very successful program. We began offering AP Capstone in 2021, and the program has grown from its original 12 students to now 134 students for the twenty five-twenty six school year. As for the College Board website, AP Capstone is a diploma program from College Board based upon two year long AP courses, AP Seminar and AP Research. Rather than teach subject specific content, these courses develop students' skills in research, teaching analysis, evidence based arguments,
collaboration, writing, and presenting. Students who complete the two year program can earn one of two different AP Capstone awards, which are valued by colleges across The United States and across the world. The highest award is the AP capstone diploma, which is earned when a student earns a three or a higher in both AP seminar and AP research in addition to four other AP subject area tests. I'm so proud to announce that for the twenty four-twenty five school year, thirty nine of our AT Capstone students earned the AP Capstone diploma,
which represents ninety five percent of our two year AP Capstone program participants. Today, you will hear from two of our AP Capstone diploma recipients, Elian Alkuri and Christine Choi, followed by our two capstone diploma candidates who are currently in AP Research, Aubrey Levitan and Jalan Patel. I'm so happy to have you talk to our students. Thank you. Hello, everyone. I'm Elian, and I'm a senior. Finishing the AP capstone program last year was honestly one of the best decisions I've ever made. Not only did I get the AP capstone diploma,
it was by far the best class I've taken because it gave me a real world experience to communicate effectively and actually do things that matter outside the classroom, especially 40 page research papers. For my AP research project, Chopin, You're Stress Away, I studied how Chopin's music affects stress levels in teens with subclinical anxiety by tracking heart rate changes and analyzing interviews. I'm actually in the process of getting that project published, which is really exciting. This program has truly been a blessing. It's been a huge highlight in my college applications and has shown my ability to
take initiative and think independently, something that's already helping me as I apply to research opportunities for college. AP Capstone is an incredible asset to Carroll Senior High because it pushes students to go beyond memorization. It teaches us to create knowledge. I can confidently say it's prepared me not just for college, but for life. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Christine Choi, and thank you so much for inviting me to share my experience as an AP Capstone diploma recipient. One of the biggest takeaways I've gained from the program is how interdisciplinary it is.
The writing, reasoning, and research skills I developed from crafting logical arguments and evaluating sources to considering multiple stakeholder perspectives have shaped how I approach all my other classes. These skills have translated directly writing heavy classes, such as AP language AP language and composition and AP US history, as I've been able to quickly develop my position and formulate clear thesis statements in historical, rhetorical, and argumentative essays, all thanks to the experience I've built in capstone. For my AP research project, I explored Starbucks' use of interior design to shape its brand identity and concept of
third place. Through field observations across several DFW locations, I found that design elements such as lighting and spatial deep and spatial details foster community and connection. After completing the capstone curriculum, I feel incredibly confident stepping into college level research, and I know these skills will provide a strong foundation as we pursue professional degrees. AP Capstone is such a valuable part of Carroll Senior High School because it teaches students to communicate clearly while encouraging critical thinking. I'm so grateful to have gone through AP Capstone under the guidance of miss Bergkamp,
and I'm extremely proud to be wearing the Capstone blue stole in May to represent my hard work through such a rigorous curriculum. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Aubrey Levitan, and thank you so much for letting me share my experience so far in AP Capstone. When I first began my journey in the AP Capstone program, I wasn't aware of the benefits that I would receive. Being in the program not only helped me analyze different viewpoints, but also allowed me to create my own perspective. This, I learned, was a very important skill to have, especially when applying for colleges. When recently completing my applications,
I found that the skills I developed helped me write my supplementals, research college colleges, and discover helpful application tips. In a broader aspect, AP Capstone helped me stop seeing in black and white. In most of AP curriculums that I've experienced, you can only choose one right answer. However, in this class, it taught us to develop our own viewpoints without there being a right answer. AP Capstone also helps me develop organizational, leadership, and presentation skills. The long term projects require students to plan without procrastination, which is something I struggle with,
and be active in the class. Moreover, the group projects make you, in some cases, take a lead in your group to get the project going. When presenting, miss Bergkamp will help you prepare and give advice to you to strengthen after your presentation to strengthen your skills. These skills will help me in high school and have and have proved to help me beyond, and I could not be more thankful. These are just some of the ways that the AP Capstone program has helped me. But I am so grateful for the skills I have developed through this program, and I consider it to be a necessity to Carroll High School. Thank you. Thank you. Hi.
My name is Dylan, and I am a junior at Carroll Senior High School, which also means I am doing everything to try and get into college right now. And AP AP Research is actually is doing the most in helping me right now, and it's helping every part of my life. It has taught me how to look at different sources and find different perspectives when it's not when it's not given to you. And it really teaches you how to use every all your resources around you to, to give Faye a point that's your own. And it's one of these classes that will really go down and help me in college because it shows that even with the materials that aren't specifically given to you,
you can use what's around you to create your own viewpoint and create your own, like, identity and your own perspective and your own, kind of, like, kind of your own feeling of, like, what you're doing and stuff. And it's really helped me with my presenting skills. I this year, I've become captain of varsity diving team, and I've had to do a lot of presentations to my team and everything. And with AP Research, especially AP seminar, you're presenting every single day about your research and, like, what you're doing, and that really shows me that I can, I can use that's another thing? You can use what's around you and use my experiences with,
what my team has given me. And it's let me it's let me, really, present what I feel. And and it's a big thank you to miss Bergkamp who's given me this opportunity to be here and has taught me all these skills that I'm gonna be using in the future and in all my other classes. Thank you so much for letting me speak. Thank you, Dylan. Really, it's amazing. I'll just, mention this that, out of all the, additional programs that we offer as Carroll ISD, this one, really has to be one of the most important programs out there. I mean, Dylan, you did a great job speaking. I I only counted, like, one So so great.
I can't even say a sentence without three. So great job. Great job. And all the students, congratulations on your diploma. This is a great program. I know you guys are gonna go off and do awesome in college, so thank you so much. Hi, everyone. Good evening. My name is Ashley Flores, and I'm the ace teacher at Carroll St. Clair High School. And I'm miss Castillo, the structure learning teacher, and we support the special education students. We're really excited to share some of the amazing things our students have been up to this year through our community based instruction trips and our new school based enterprise, the Dragon Exchange, which is run by the Dragon Excel transition students.
Thank you. The store is located right here at the Admin Building and is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 09:30 to 11:30AM. Community based instruction or CVII gives our students hands on, real world learning experiences outside of the classroom. The goal is to help them build independence and practical life skills that will set them up for success in adulthood. We visited all sorts of places, the library, grocery store, fire station, and even Chick fil A. Each trip is planned around our students' individualized education program or IEP goals. That could mean learning to make a purchase,
practicing safety in the community, or navigating social interactions. For example, at the library, students went on a scavenger hunt to explore different sections and practice asking staff for help. At the grocery store, they used shopping lists and even checked out at self checkout. Back at school, we started set or selling buttons and bracelets in the front office. Students help assemble these items to support the Dragon Exchange initiative, giving them the hands on experience for following multi step instructions. Our students also got to visit the fire station, which was a really big hit, and they've been learning cooking skills as well,
like placing cookie dough on sheets and making dishes such as poached eggs, pizza, crepes, tacos, and pasta. It's been amazing to see their confidence grow as they try new things. We're so proud of all the progress our students have made this year. Through these experiences from CBI trips to the Dragon Exchange, they're gaining skills that will help them be more independent, confident, and ready for life beyond high school. Thank you so much for letting us share their achievements with y'all. We are really excited to see what they're gonna accomplish. We also have some buttons here that some of our students made that we would like to give to y'all. Thank you so much.
Thank you both. And thank you thank you both for what you do for our special education students. The Dragon Exchange is awesome. Is that is that something they that people have to come to in person, or do they can they go online? K. And it and it's right here in our front office. Correct? Okay. Thank you guys so much. Thank you very much. You guys are awesome. Thank you so much. You bet. Thank you. Awesome. Great job. Thank you so much. Good evening. I'm Megan Bergman. I'm president of the Carroll Rodeo team. I've been a member for the past three years, but I've ridden horses and been around the community all my life.
We are a high school sports club consisting of student athletes in ninth through twelfth grade who share a passion for rodeo. We are funded by local sponsorships, membership, and membership dues. Rodeo has been a Texas tradition for years and is an important part of our state's heritage. The sport of rodeo was even designated the official sport of Texas in 1997. The Southlake Carroll rodeo team was created to allow high school students to pursue their passion for rodeos in a competitive yet engaging environment. When you get involved with the Southlake Carroll rodeo team,
whether as a team member sponsor or fan, you are supporting hardworking, dedicated, and passionate students, as well as a deep rooted Texas tradition in our Dragon community. Thank you. Thank you. Hi. I'm Mackenzie, a freshman rookie high school radio competitor. There are no tryouts for our team. You don't need to own a horse to join, and we have no maximum. So whether you're brand new to the sport or a rodeo to the sport of rodeo or a seasoned rider here, we welcome all members. Rodeo athletes can compete in many events, including barrel racing, pole bending, bronc riding,
team roping, steer wrestling, go tying, shoot dogging, and bull riding. I compete in barrels and poles on my horse, Tex. The majority of North Texas high school rodeo competitors are held oh my gosh. Competitions, sorry, are held on Friday and Saturday Saturdays at North Texas High School Rodeo Association arena in Saginaw. With nearly 60 high schools competing against each other through the North Texas High School Rodeo Association, each weekend is always action packed and exciting for both competitors and spectators, so please check out the NTHSRA rodeo schedule and come out to support the rodeo
team. Our next rodeo is this Friday starting at 8PM or Saturday starting at 2PM in Saginaw. I will be running on Friday night. Thank you. Thank you so much. Miss Lewis, I just wanna say that we're all big fans of the South Lake Rodeo team. No bigger fan than our trustee Jaeger. Right? Trustee Jaeger has a big old belt buckle that he use that he goes to the meets with and I have a great buckle. It says, number one fan, South, Carroll Rodeo, which I think. I love that part. For being here. Great job. And we just wanna say thank you so much for giving Carroll Senior High School an opportunity to share some different programs that maybe,
hopefully, you haven't heard about or needed to know more about. And it really is always an exciting day in our hallways, and so we invite you out anytime to come enjoy some of the amazing things our students are doing. Thank you, miss Lewis. Awesome. Alright. Thank you so much, students. And, miss Lewis, I guess you're you're back up for super substitute of the month sponsored by Potbelly's. Oh. Take it away. Yum. Alright. It's my pleasure to recognize missus Gloria Gomez as Carroll Senior High School's Super Substitute of the Month. Miss Gomez brings joy and positivity to our campus every single day.
She walks in each morning with a warm smile and a cheerful attitude that's contagious. Students and staff alike look forward to seeing her. You just saw our kiddos chatting with her just a second ago. She is the definition of dependable and flexible, whether it's covering a last minute class change, stepping in for a colleague, or lending a hand in a classroom that isn't on her schedule. Ms. Gomez always says yes. And she does it with grace, patience, enthusiasm, and this smile. Her impact goes far beyond the classroom. We all know that finding substitute coverage can sometimes be a real challenge.
But knowing that we can count on Ms. Gomez gives our teachers and administrators incredible peace of mind. Her reliability lifts a huge weight off our shoulders and allows us to focus on teaching and supporting students even when we're away. Our staff describes her as the first to ask how she can help, always kind and patient, and someone who makes the day brighter for everyone around her. Even our instructional aids mention how much they enjoy working with her because of her genuine care for students and her positive presence on campus. Ms. Gomez embodies the spirit of service and teamwork that keeps our school running smoothly.
She goes above and beyond every day, and we are incredibly grateful for her dedication and heart. And I will go off script. When I let her know that she was going to be our substitute, of the month, she said she was so excited, but the part that really touched my heart was she said, anything to just continue serving dragons, and that means a lot to me. So please join me in celebrating miss Gloria Gomez, our Super Sub of the Month. That's awesome. Congratulations. All right. Next up on our agenda is item number five, public comments. Ms. Yelton, do we have anybody signed up for public comments this evening?
We do not have any public comments this evening. Okay. Thank you, miss Yelton. Moving on to item number six, which is consideration and possible action on personnel report. I don't believe we have anything, to vote on for the personnel report. So we'll move on to item number seven, which is the president's report. And, I would like to begin by reminding our community that election day is tomorrow, November 4. We have a contested race for place three on the board of trustees, and I encourage everyone who hasn't already voted to make your verse voice heard at
the polls. In addition to the trustee election, proposition a, the voter approval tax ratification election, or v a t r a, some call it a VATRE, is also on the ballot. If approved, Prop a would generate an additional $4,000,000 annually for our district. And those funds would not be subject to recapture, meaning every dollar stays here in Carroll ISD to support our students and staff. Over the past forty five days or so, Doctor. Glenn and our trustees have hosted 21 town halls across the community to ensure our
families and residents were well informed about the VATRE and what's at stake. I wanna thank everyone who attended, asked questions, and helped spread accurate information throughout our district. I also wanna take a moment to celebrate some incredible student achievements and, miss Lewis mentioned many of those. Congratulations again to our cross country team for bringing home the state championship. It is the eleventh, right, Doctor. Goon, it's the eleventh championship in the last fourteen years.
And a special shout out to senior Caden Leonard who won the individual state title. It's just an amazing accomplishment. Congratulations, Caden. Let's also congratulate our Dragon football team on their district championship. They are 10 and o with the first playoff game coming up in two weeks, and we encourage everyone to come out, wear your green, and support our dragons as they make another playoff run. Our Lady Dragon volleyball team are by district champs and are also making a run-in the playoffs. Congrats to our Lady Dragon volleyball team.
And lastly, congratulations to our band as they are UIL area finalist for a record fifth year in a row. So congratulations, Mr. Johnson and our awesome band. Thank you again to our teachers, staff, families, and community for your continued support of Carroll ISD. Together, we keep the Dragon tradition strong. Thank you very much. That concludes my President's Report. We'll move on to item number eight, which is the information portion of our meeting. Item 8.1 is Energy Management Report.
Mr. Mooney? Good evening, Doctor. Glenn, President Bryan, Board of Trustees. I appreciate this time to highlight our Energy Management program. Tonight's presentation is going to go over what we've done so far, what the numbers are. We're going to touch on the trash and recycling and assess ongoing opportunities. So far, since I've made our first changes to any of our systems seventeen months ago, and so far we've saved about $715,000 When I first arrived, I would say half the lighting in the district outside did not work and the
lighting that did work stayed on 20 fourseven. So we repaired lighting to the Senior High Fine Arts in the parking lot, Walnut Grove, Carroll Middle, Johnson Elementary, the High School and Rock and Baugh. We've done lighting upgrades to the Senior High Competition gym and the Admin gym here. We've fixed major domestic water leaks at 1101 North Carroll and Dawson Middle School that have been ongoing for years. And we're continuing to track the cost and usage daily and monitoring all HVAC issues every day. This chart right here,
you see we saved last school year $363,000 it's 13% savings. You can see in January and February it was colder and we spent more money than we did the year before. We also see the same trend with natural gas. We lost money on natural gas, but we actually used 1% less. There was just a 9% increase in total cost of gas. And also in January and February, it was colder, but we protected our buildings better and we didn't have the maintenance issues that we had previously the year before.
Sorry. On water, we saved 17%, but we used 32% less water than we had in the year before. And this year, I've only got two months worth two months worth of data. I'm getting a little out of myself. Overall last year we saved almost $400,000 11%. And you can see the decrease every month with the exception of January and February that those were higher. We had two cold snaps last year instead of the one the year before. So just to be clear, you're comparing last year to your baseline year.
Would the baseline year be the first year you were here or the year before you tried? It would be the year before I got here. The the first school year before I got here. I arrived in January '24. So, then there was only I would say March is when I started making any real changes. So I'm just every year is gonna be compared to 2223. And so far, the only complete data for this year is only up to date until August because of the billing cycle September won't be ready for, like, another ten days. But you can see right here, though, just those two months, we saved $183,000
compared to the 2223 year. So in the first year, we met our goal of 10%. We actually went above 11%. This year, we're 3% better so far in the first two months than we were last year. We've decreased usage and costs despite using more outside lighting and keeping the fine arts center at 74 degrees at all times. And then adding extra hours for Dragon U And that's at every elementary school, gym, and cafeteria. So that's the major energy usage at those schools. So we started digging into trash and recycling.
And last school year, we spent 14% more on trash than we did the year before. We made some changes that should net us about $100,000 in savings a year. So we just put those changes in place a couple months ago. And so last month was the first billing cycle that we saw and but it should be ongoing with a decrease in enrollment. We don't need as many trash cans as we had. Future activity right now, we're halfway halfway done repairing the solar inverters at CMS. They haven't worked in a few years. We're looking at doing more lighting retrofits at at DMS and hopefully the auxiliary gym
at the senior eye. We're also testing out some fixtures for LED retrofits in the parking lots, and then there's programming issues with the the chillers at the senior eye. And all of the units in the classroom addition at the high school. So once we get that taken care of we'll be wasting a lot less energy. Any questions? We thank you guys so much for taking this seriously putting it together an effective energy management plan. Are there anything that you've seen while you've been on the job for this short
period of time that you would do differently? Or is there aspects of the plan that are all encompassing that you feel like that we could save money year over year for the next however many years? I feel like we could do a better job, during the holiday shutdowns. Okay. Unplugging more. There's nobody in the buildings and, I mean, there's a lot a lot being used, just making sure we turn off the lights. We might get a couple more people just to walk the buildings a little bit better. And as far as I mean,
we just need to replace some aging equipment. Right. And, you mentioned that you we need to keep the, fine Arts complex at 74 degrees at all times. Is that just because of the They've got an old grand piano? And it has to be extended, it has to be in the range at all times. So, we're running the concert hall basically all the time now. Okay. All right. Well, we appreciate that. I had a quick question and that is, I recall when we were on the Board and this position was created and we were really excited. We saw some savings that or potential savings and it seems like those savings have
come about, which makes me really happy and I think the community should be happy. But just looking at this month to month, in the summer months, there are drops. Is that as simple as just thermostat management? No, it was turning stuff off when buildings weren't occupied. Before it was just running twenty four seven. Okay. And, so I mean, set points help, but basically not using equipment when you don't need it is the biggest savings. Okay. And that's why you're saying that we could do a little bit better over the Christmas break?
Yes, Thanksgiving, Christmas, spring break. I would imagine we had a pretty mild summer and so that probably plays into it. When there's a colder winter, we may have usage go up. When there's a hotter summer, same thing. One thing I will point out, your baseline year you had a huge jump of 10%, 11%. This year that jump you said was about 3% on total usage. And so I do think it's important to note like year over year it'd be great to have that same 10%, but that's just not a reality.
That's not a reality. It's maintaining it at that point. And so any little bit that you can squeeze out after that big jump is certainly a win for the district. So I appreciate I know you and Mr. Mooney were proactive in trying to downsize the number of trash cans that we have. And we're talking about those big giant cans that sit outside on every campus. And so the gym lighting, something that you mentioned we were proactive in finding lighting for this building because it's used on weekends for youth basketball. But what you didn't mention is I know you all worked with the city and
they actually paid for the retrofit of the lights in this building, which is good. So we appreciate not only the fact that you're being cognizant of where our big usage areas are, but you're finding creative ways to actually fund the replacement of those lights. Thank you, sir. Doctor. Glenn, I know that you had mentioned that to us in the past, but I can't remember the exact number. You, you just alluded to it. So we got rid of like half of our dumpsters that were on our campuses. And how much did that save us? It was over $100,000 It should in twelve month period it should come up to about $100,000
Okay. We're just removing half the dumpsters that weren't being used. Just one question. I'm curious I think you've told us this before, but should we assume that like all the air conditioners and heaters are on, some kind of programming where it will automatically cut off after a certain time? Or is there motion detectors with the lighting so that they'll cut off when there's no motion? Is that There's there's different systems in every building as far as the lighting goes. In some some areas, there's no controls other than a light switch and that's those are things that we'll
be looking forward towards in the future. Other areas have motion sensors, some of them are schedule based. All the air conditioning is right on schedules, but we have what you call unoccupied set points. They never really turn off. You just change the range of when it comes on. It's 55 during the winter for heating and then it's 80 degrees in the summer for cooling. That's only during unoccupied hours. Thank you. That actually brings me to my next question. You mentioned that to continue this,
you needed to replace aging equipment. Is there do you have a budget? Is there kind of, like, do you need to invest in infrastructure? Is that within your budget? Or is there other things that we need to plan for? I don't have a budget. Yes. That's probably a better question for Director Moody in the audience. I know that he is, he has a breakdown in the spreadsheet of the number of units we have in the district, how many on each campus, the units that are over 20 years old, the units that are over 30 years old. Obviously, when you're talking like a 30 year old HVAC unit, it's not gonna be near as efficient as something that's five years old.
We do have a replacement schedule in place. I know he's done a good job of trying to use some of the extra monies that you guys have freed up to replace HVAC units. But overall, those are one of the costs that we absorb into the budget at about probably $500,000 a year. We would like a lot more because there are a lot more aging units on our buildings that we're going to have to replace. But right now, we budget about $500,000 toward those type of expenditures. And he can Mr. Mouni is in the audience if you want a more detailed description. All right. Anything else for
us? We have a 1,800 line basically list of things that go from 30 years old to 10 years old. And so, we keep that very much in mind when we're either replacing something or we're repairing something. So we're constantly working on what we think is the most efficient way to handle the situation. We just spent $30,000 $40,000 of repairing a unit, but it's a $200,000 unit and it's only 10 years old. Then on the other hand, we may do something just the opposite of that and do a complete replacement just
because of the age and what we think is the lifespan of it. So we have whatever we have. We have every unit line item. We have almost every Swiss Gear, every light system, everything line item of the lifespan of what we consider the lifespan of something. So we take that all into consideration. Would that help? Thank you. Thank you, Trustee Wagner. Thank you both for being here tonight and for all of your hard work. And I know you guys have been compiling a list of items on our capital
improvement plan that date out twenty years. So, it's something that's long overdue that we've needed that's, accurate and credible, that the board consider, when the useful life of our facilities or whatever it may be, comes to to an end. So we appreciate you guys for doing that. I know it's saving us some money. It's just going to increase over time. So something that we've needed, you know, certainly for a long time and, we appreciate you guys, your hard work. So thank you very much. Thank you. Alright. Moving on to item number nine is our discussion and action portion of the agenda.
9.1 is consider official ballot and resolution for appointments to the Tarrant County Appraisal District Board of Directors. And we talked about this, I believe, a couple of meetings ago. It looks I think there's four nominations. One of those is Mike Alfred, who's a local, Grapevine, Colleyville, person. We gave him all of our 46, I believe, votes. Last year, he sits on the current TAD board and I just wanna put out there for further discussion, to add Mike Alfred to our resolution, to give him our 46, votes for this upcoming TAD.
Now open it up. Any comments? Okay. Trustee Yeager, you wanna read the resolution? A resolution authorizing the nomination by the Carroll Independent School Board District Board of Trustees candidates for the Tarrant Appraisal District Board of Directors. Whereas pursuant to Texas Property Code Tax Code Section 6.03, Tarrant Appraisal Board, a district TAD, is holding its biannual appointment of directors to its Board of Directors in December 2025. And whereas the Carroll ISD Board of Trustees is a taxing unit entitled by Section
6.03 of the Texas Property Tax Code to nominate candidates to serve on the TAD Board of Directors and whereas pursuant to Texas Property Tax Code 6.03, the Carroll ISD Board of Trustees chooses to nominate Mike Alfred to serve as director on the TAD Board of Directors. Be it resolved by the Carroll Independent School District Board of Trustees within the County of Tarrant, Texas. One, that the president of the Carroll Independent School Board of Trustees within Tarrant County,
Texas is hereby authorized on behalf of the elected trustees of Carroll Independent School District to memorialize the nomination of Mike Alfred to serve as the Director of the TAD Board of Directors. Further, the executive administrator of this body is hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution as time of its essence to the Chief Appraiser, Joe Don Bobbitt, Tarrant Appraisal District, 4500 Hanley Atterville Road in Fort Worth, Texas 76118. Thank you, Trustee Yeager. Motion to approve the resolution as presented.
Second. We have a motion and second. All in favor? Motion carries five-zero. Thank you again, Trustee Yeager. Moving on to item 9.2, consider resolution to declare surplus district property described as the 14.78 acres of 2,400, which is located on the West Side of North Carroll Avenue, North of East Dove Road in Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, and more particularly described as part of Lot 1, Block 1, Carolized the addition, Number 3, Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas. Trustee Yeager,
you want to read this resolution for us, please? Certainly, President Bryan. Resolution authorizing the sale of real property of Carroll Independent School District. Whereas, the Board of Trustees of the Carroll Independent School District is authorized by Texas Code 11.151 to govern and oversee the management of the public schools in the district and whereas under Texas Education Code 11.151, all rights and titles to the real property of the district are vested in the Board and their successors in office and whereas pursuant to Texas Education Code eleven point
one five one and eleven point one five four, the Board may dispose of property that is no longer necessary for the operation of the District and may by resolution authorize the sale of such property and whereas the Board has determined that the property located at part of Lot 1, Block 1, Carroll ISD Section 3, Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, 14.78 acres is no longer needed for the educational purposes and operation of the District and whereas the Board finds that it is in best interest of the District to sell
the property and whereas the Board has compiled with all applicable legal requirements for the sale of the property, including those set forth in Texas local government code 272.001 and whereas the Board of Trustees of the Carroll Independent School District hereby reserve all rights, title and interest in and to oil, gas and other minerals located on, in or under the subject property. The conveyance of the surface estate shall not include the transfer of any mineral rights.
Now, therefore, may it be resolved by the Board of Trustees of the Carroll Independent School District. Resolved, the Board finds that the property is no longer needed for educational purposes and operation of the district and resolved, the district will comply with Texas Education Code 11.1542 and resolved that as to unimproved real property exceeding three acres or unimproved real property after the district has met its obligation under Texas Education Code 11.1542,
the district will next engage the City Of Southlake, Texas pursuant to the terms described in the letter of intent incorporated herein as Exhibit A. Resolve that the City Of Southlake, Texas has offered fair market value for the property described in Exhibit A. Resolved that pursuant to Texas Local Government Code 272.001L, the notice and bidding requirements typically require that entities dispose of surplus property do not apply when the property is sold to another political subdivision of one,
the land will be used by the political subdivision to which it is sold in carrying out a purpose that benefits the public interest of selling political subdivision. Two, the sale of the land is made under terms that affect and maintain the public purpose for which the sale is made. And three, the title and right to possession of the land reverts the selling political subdivision if the acquiring political subdivision ceases to use the land or interest in carrying out the public purpose. Resolve the Board authorizes and directs the superintendent or designee to take all necessary actions
to comply with Texas Resolved, that it be Resolved, that it be hereby found, determined, and declared that a sufficient written notice of this date, time, place, and subject of the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Carroll Independent School District at which this resolution was adopted was posted at a place convenient and readily accessible at all times to the general public for the time required by law preceding this meeting as required by Chapter five fifty one Texas Government Code and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during
which this resolution and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The Board of Trustees further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and posting thereof. Passed and approved on this third day, November twenty twenty five by the Board of Trustees of the Carroll Independent School District. Thank you, Trustee Yeager. I move to approve the resolution as presented. Second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor? Motion carries five to zero. Thank you again, Trustee Yeager. On to 9.3, consider intent to sell and write a first refusal agreement between the Carroll Independent School
District and City of Southlake for the 14.78 acres of 2400 North Carol Avenue, which is located on the West Side Of North Carolina Avenue, North of East Dove and Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, and more particularly described as part of Lot 1, Block 1, Carolized the addition Number 3, Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, and authorized the board president to execute all necessary documents. Trustee Yae, will you read part or all of the letter of intent and first refusal agreement? I recommend that we, the Carroll ISD Board of Trustees, authorize the Board President to execute the letter of intent and write a first refusal
and all other necessary documents needed to complete the transaction of sale of surplus property within the City Of Southlake. Second. I move to Did you create a motion? That is my motion. Second. We have a motion and second. All in favor? Motion carries five to zero. And that is a historic moment for Carroll ISD. I want to read a statement that's going to go out to the community later this evening and tomorrow morning as part of my president's report, and it states this. The Carroll ISD Board of Trustees is proud to announce a historic agreement with the
City of Southlake for the sale of Old Dragon Stadium. This partnership represents a shared commitment between the district and the city to honor our past while preserving this cherished landmark for future generations. Old Dragon Stadium is more than just a piece of property. It is hallowed ground in our community's history. It was here that the Dragons captured state championships in 1989, 1992, and 1993, and where countless memories were made by players, students, families, and fans. For many, it reminds remains a symbol of tradition,
pride, and the dragon spirit that unites our community. We heard the concerns of our residents who did not want to see this site turned into residential or commercial development. So in partnership with The city. We have ensured that Old Dragon Stadium will instead be transformed into a community green space, a place that will celebrate our legacy, honor those who played there, and continue to serve our youth programs for generations to come. This collaboration with the city council reflects the best of what can happen when we work together for the good of Southlake.
The board of trustees is grateful for the leadership, vision, and teamwork that made this possible, and we look forward to seeing Old Dragon Stadium continue to inspire Dragon Pride for years to come. Thank you. Moving on to item number 9.4, consider approval of resolution adopting protect the tradition as the official district slogan. Now before trustee Yeager reads the resolution, I just wanna make sure that people in our community may or may not know that this is not a formal slogan of our, community.
Although it's been on every single, document, it's displayed at all of our campuses and at our stadiums and and gymnasiums. And the the story behind it was when, coach Todd Dodge, was hired to replace coach Bob Ledbetter, both now in the high school football hall of fame, the Booster Club president at the time asked, coach Dodge, what would you like for your slogan to be to put on all of what we're about to produce? And Todd Dodge said something like, our slogan is gonna be protected the tradition as long as I'm here.
Protected the tradition, as you guys know, has stuck, and now we wanna formalize it in a board resolution. So trustee Yeager, will you please read the resolution? Whereas the Carroll Independent School District has long been recognized for its tradition of academic excellence, community involvement, student achievement and a shared commitment to the Dragon spirit and whereas the district's success is built upon generations of dedicated students, staff, parents and community members who have worked together to uphold a standard of excellence in education, athletics and character and WHEREAS,
the phrase Protect the Tradition embodies the pride, responsibility and unity that define the Carroll ISD community, reminding all stakeholders of their role in preserving and advancing the values that make the District exceptional And whereas adopting Protect the Tradition as the official district slogan reinforces a collective commitment to maintaining high expectations for student achievement, supporting our endeavor educators, fostering community engagement and honoring the legacy of those who helped build the district's reputation
for excellence. And whereas the slogan serves not only as a rallying call for students and staff, but also as a guiding principle for leadership decisions, communication and community engagement, ensuring that the district's vision remains aligned with its core values and longstanding traditions. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Board of Trustees of the Carroll Independent School District hereby adopts Protect the Tradition as the official District slogan to symbolize and promote the continued pursuit of excellence and the preservation
of the District's proud heritage. And be it further resolved that this slogan shall be used in official District communications, branding and publications and shall represent the District's ongoing commitment to integrity, achievement and community pride. Thank you, Trustee Yeager. I move to approve the resolution as presented. Second. Motion is second. Any further discussion? All right, all in favor? Motion carries five to zero, protect the tradition it is. Thank you again, Trustee Yeager. Moving on to item 9.5, which is consider approval of the memorandum of understanding between nineteen fifty six Pizza and
Carroll Independent School District. Mr. Park. First Brian, doctor Blaine's trustees. Good evening. It feels like it's been a while since I've been here. So, tonight, I am seeking your gracious approval to embark, on this MOU, and nonexclusive partnership agreement, with nineteen fifty six pizza to serve alternative, food options at our senior high school, to our students throughout the rest of this year. When mister Mooney and I, we were kinda examining our, food food costs and and things like that, along with our food service director,
Dana Dodge, we noticed that the senior high was was one of the campuses that, that we were kinda losing money on. And so so we were brainstorming kinda ideas and and and just, happenstance that that, miss Kemp and and, nineteen fifty six pizza approached us as well. And so, we did some analysis and, you know, specifically looking at pizza, realized that, one, we didn't sell many, and and, you know, on on pizza days, you know, we're generating less than a $100 of of revenue from from pizza sales. And so,
you know, we we thought that this might be a good opportunity to, engage, in this community partnership and and see where it took us. And so the last couple of Tuesdays, we did a trial run with the senior high school, and we are happy to to to disclose and relay that that, the food truck sales with nineteen fifty six pizza have have been great. However, that has not cannibalized any of our sales at at the senior high. And so we we have maintained the same revenues, on both days, as our historical Tuesdays going back, to to to a month and beyond.
And so, we found that the trial was a success, and so that's why we are here today. This becomes another way another creative way to generate revenue through this MOU, that is not, subject to recapture. It stays here locally. And so, I'm here now to, as a part of the, detail that is outlined in the MOU, to to seek approval to continue, this in a in an official capacity throughout you know, who doesn't like a good pizza, right? And so our, especially 17 and 18 year olds that are, at our senior high school. And also, we always like to give business to local residents and local local businesses,
and these are both. They both are a resident and, a local business. So, we appreciate nineteen fifty six, Pizza so much for reaching out to us. Mister Barth, this doesn't prevent any other businesses, correct, that are in Southlake or even outside to coming to us to give us proposals on innovative ways that, nineteen fifty six has proposed. Is that correct? No. Absolutely not. I think I think this, you know, really through the analysis that we did, especially especially examining safety and security, of our campus even though, you know, through this operation, has really you know,
one, it's proved that that we can keep the campus just as secure, while this operation is going on. And so, you know, it's the first and hopefully, this will allow other other establishments, in the community who who who wanna partner with the with the district, to to begin those talks. All right. Thank you, Mr. Bright. Any other questions or comments? Well, you just brought up a really interesting point that I hadn't thought of. I know that safety and security is such a big deal, especially at our high school campus, but that prevents a lot of those, like, Uber Eats and those types of deliveries from coming on the campus. So what a a great idea and given it's not exclusive and there's maybe an
opportunity for other food trucks to kind of heat. Yeah. And That would be We're super fortunate to have, miss Lewis who is thinking outside the box on ways to be creative on her campus to give kids opportunities. But, certainly our relationship with Southlake PD comes into play. And the nineteen fifty six pizza, they're pretty creative too in the MOU that's online for you to read. They feed the Southlake PD officers that are there watching over our kids. So we appreciate that. What is interesting is the high school senior high,
quite frankly, the senior high school loses money. It's our only campus that loses money in the child nutrition program. And we have the flexibility because we don't take federal funds to have a little bit of autonomy with the food that we're serving. And so, with, Ms. Lewis' backing and blessing and the partnership we have at the PD, I can tell you that I was there last week and it was amazing how many kids stayed for pizza. What Mr. Park didn't say is I think our highest grossing pizza day was about $86 in revenue. And I think on her first day, she was almost $2,000
in pizza sales. So it was pretty significant difference. And again those are funds that come back to the district. They're not subject to recapture. And we're offering something to our kids keeping them on campus. For those of you who don't know, we have a lot of kids that leave about that time. And so if we can find productive ways to keep them on campus, that's always a good thing, right? Anything else for Mr. Park? I just want to say that this is a great example of innovation. Again, it's an area where we don't make money. We have partnered with this group before.
If you've gone to Dragon Games or they've been on I think every campus that I've been to, elementary schools, etcetera. And we think about the stadium and that we bring in, for example, like the feed store, right? And we have heard, and those of us that have been here a while, Student Ambassador programs where they talk very specifically about the type of food they want. And one of the biggest things that we got away from took away from that was variety. And so the fact that we can have and it's just one day a week. Again, read the MOU if you'd like anybody in the community, but I just love that idea.
And I hope there are more creative solutions like this that we bring to our students. Absolutely. I think kids are already hoping that Ms. Lewis can find him a taco truck. So we'll see how that goes. Yes. All right. That said, Mr. President, I move that this Board approve the MOU between Carroll ISD and nineteen fifty six Pizza to enhance community engagement. Second. Motion and a second. Any further discussion? All in favor? Motion carries five-zero. Thank you, Mr. Park. Moving on to our last agenda item is 9.6,
consider approval of twenty twenty six-twenty twenty seven academic planning guide, grading guidelines and new course offerings. Ms. Petty? Good evening, President and Brian, trustees, Doctor. Glenn. If you will recall, at our last board meeting, I brought to you the twenty six-twenty seven academic planning guide and grading guidelines. We have combined those two handbooks, one stop shopping. I think people will appreciate that. We also brought to you five new courses that we are asking for approval for tonight. Do you have any questions? Betty, can you remind us what those five courses are?
I can. We have two courses. We have two two courses, advanced journalism and advanced journalism two and three, which will count as RLA electives. We also have three courses, AP business with personal finance, AP cybersecurity, and aviation ground school, which are our CTE classes. So great options. Yeah. Especially the aviation option. I really like that. Trustee Bottom. The personal finance is the one that aligns with that new state legislative. Yeah. Well, yes. We're hoping so. We have not received final TEA has not come out with the final approval on
that, but, yes, it is looking that way. Okay. And then I I also saw on the list there were several classes that were removed. So just from a process ex process perspective, can you walk me through was that miss Lewis kinda sitting down with you and going, like, walk me through the process of how we decided on those classes. Most of the classes that are being removed were due to low enrollment. So we didn't have any they hadn't made in years, so we went ahead and took them off. The other ones, we incorporated into other classes. Thank you, Ms. Petty.
Any other comments, questions? Just the comment we made last meeting is I appreciate and I'm sorry, Trustee Bautom, I know you were busier traveling, the very thorough nature in which you and Ms. Goodman and others presented, why those courses were going to be phased out, and then why these new ones would be, added in. So I appreciate all of that work that you because I know it's a beast. It's big. It it's a it's a process, but we appreciate our campuses because our campuses go back and they really look. And our teachers,
it you know, it's hard for some of them to give up some of those because they keep thinking they're gonna come back, but you can't add new No. If we have the old. So And also the growth, and we heard it from people in the community, as is recently as the last football game I went to and talked to somebody. But the growth in the CPE and continuing those certifications and everything, I think that's just something that's really been great, especially over the last four years. Yes, it really has. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Petty. Any other comments, questions? Okay. President Bryant, I move that this Board approve the twenty twenty six-twenty twenty seven academic planning guide,
grading guidelines and the new course offerings as presented by Ms. Petty. Second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor? Motion carries five-zero. If no objection, we will adjourn this meeting at 07:09PM. Thank you, Ms. Petty. Thank you, Board.