Board Briefs

Board Briefs are published to keep staff and citizens informed about actions of the Judson Independent School District Board of Trustees during the regular board meeting. The agenda was appropriately posted along with supporting documents. All documents can be viewed in Boardbook.

The following items were discussed as part of the Superintendent Report:

• Construction Report- Mr. Brooks highlighted some project updates.
• Bids are being evaluating to secure contractors for playground projects
• Unexpected expenses have occurred due to Spring Meadows and Miller's Point and needing temporary chillers while waiting for parts
• Copperfield Update- The transformer has been replaced and power is back on in the building
• Candlewood Update- Still working on air conditioning; expected to be ready for when teachers are back on campus

The following items were pulled for discussion. All other Consent agenda items were approved unanimously.

B. Consider and take action regarding approving of Expenditures Equal to or Greater than $50,000 (pulled by Trustee Ryan)- motion passed 4-1

• Discussion on removing PSAT in 8th and 9th to reduce days students are testing as well as gives us an opportunity to develop a personalized study plan online that is similar to the actual PSAT assessment; NMSQT will be given in 10th and 11th and serves as a qualifier for being recognized as a National Merit Scholars
• Discussion on ACT assessment- serves as a required test for federal accountability who have taken Biology in 8th grade
• AVID- program model for College Prep campuses at Spring Meadows and Woodlake Hills MS (paid for by the LASO grant); purchasing program for Park Village and Metzger (paid for by Title funds)
• Financial Audit- Ryan suggests bidding out audit firms

C. Consider and take action regarding approving the attached budget amendments to the budget for the 2025 fiscal year- (pulled by Trustee Ryan) motion passed 5-0

• Child Nutrition- The department is on track to complete their spend down plan
• 1% raise for TNCL- Discussion of what the total cost of the raise is for teachers, nurses, counselors and librarians; the raise was calculated by taking 1% of the midpoint which was identified at 18 years

E. Consider and take action regarding approving the renewal for Medical Third Party Administrator and the Pharmacy Benefit Manager for the 2025 plan year (pulled by Trustee Ryan)- motion passed 5-0

• Lucent Health was renewed as our Medical Health Provider and PCA was renewed as our Pharmacy Benefit Manager. Employees will continue to take advantage of Next Level Prime Urgent Care at no cost and there is no increase in employee contributions.
• Discussed employee feedback and how Lucent has addressed employee concerns or disruption of services

F. Consider and take action regarding approving the second reading of Policy Update 123 affecting (LOCAL) policies (pulled by Trustee Ryan)- motion passed 5-0

• Discussed changes to some of the policies as recommended by TASB (CKC, CKEA, EFEA, EFB)
• Discussed possible changes in Local Policy DGBA, FNG, GF to increase the time restraint from 15 days to 20 days; include a change of the assigned hearing officer at Level One if the complaint is against that person; request to bring back options for changes to the LOCAL policy in August

H. Consider and take action regarding approving the Staffing Report (pulled by Trustee Ryan)- motion passed 5-0

I. Consider and take action regarding approving the MOU between JISD and the Simon Youth Foundation for the 24-25 school year (pulled by Trustee Ryan)- motion passed 5-0

K. Consider and take action regarding approving Memorandum of Understanding with Youth Guidance's Evolve program (pulled by Trustee Ryan)- motion passed 5-0

A. Discussion and take possible action regarding approval of a Delegate and Alternate for the 2024 Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Delegate Assembly-

The Delegate Assembly provides an opportunity where trusteed across the state by discussing key priorities for Texas Public Education. Mr. Macias volunteered as the delegate and Ms. Stanford as the alternate; motion passed 5-0

B. Consider and take possible action regarding the endorsement of candidate for the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board of Directors-

The board moved to endorse two candidates, GInger Freisenhahn and Richard Sena; motion passed 5-0

C. Discussion and possible action regarding approval of the selection of general contractor services for RFCSP 23-25 Districtwide Security Fencing Project - Phase II-

no discussion; motion passed 5-0

D. Discussion and possible action regarding approval of the Cibolo Creek MS CPS Electric Line Right-of-Way (ROW) Agreement, located at Wortham Oaks Subdivision, Bexar County-

no discussion; motion passed 5-0

E. Discussion and possible action to approve school leadership staffing model ratios and/or set new function 23 budget/expenditure goals for 24-25 fiscal year (agenda item submitted by Trustee Ryan)- Function 23 is School Leadership which is primarily campus administration, front office staff, office supplies/furniture; Ryan requests to look for ways to adjust ratios for administrators at the secondary campuses as people attrit; no motion for this item

Below are topics highlighted during the Discussion Items section:

• Discussion on employee benefits and employee benefits administration to include initiatives, processes, and recommendations to find cost efficiencies during fiscal year 24-25 (Ryan)- Ryan requests for administration to look around and get references and opinions on what other districts are doing and how their agents are shopping for the best prices
• Attendance decrease: how to address it (Stanford)- Stanford requests to delve in to more approaches to increase marketing plan to increase attendance
• Update on Board Training, Conferences, Events and Board Committee Updates
• Macias- reelected to the Board for MASBA
• Faulkner- attended training given by Dr. Johnson; TAVAC Conference
• Stanford- attended SLI; strategic planning; training
• Ryan- JEF Strategic Planning
• Kenoyer- JEF Strategic Planning

Consider and take possible action(s) regarding the Personnel Report and Updates Including New Hires, Resignations and Administrative Appointments- motion passed 6-0

• Director of Secondary Education- Ms. Chanell Gomez