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GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THIS CALLED MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

I AM REGINA HARRIS, MEMBER OF THE RISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF CANVASING THE BOND ELECTION, ONLY 2 BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED FOR A QUORUM.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, AND THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:31 P.M..

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.

[II. PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION]

MS. TIMME. DO WE HAVE PERSONS WHO ARE WHO HAVE REGISTERED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? YES WE DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS HARRIS.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WELCOME OUR VISITOR.

DURING TODAY'S MEETING. SPEAKERS MAY ONLY COMMENT ON THE TOPIC THAT IS ON THE BOARD'S AGENDA.

A SPEAKER WHO ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS A NON AGENDA RELATED TOPIC MUST STOP HIS OR HER COMMENTS WHEN DIRECTED.

AS A REMINDER, SPEAKERS ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PROTOCOL AS NOTED ON THE RISD WEBSITE.

SPEAKERS, PLEASE. SPEAKER. PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AT THE FRONT OF THE AUDITORIUM OR THE FRONT OF.

WHERE'S THE PODIUM? OVER THERE. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.

MR. [INAUDIBLE] BLACKMAN. HELLO? HELLO, HELLO.

BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM AND ESTEEMED EMPLOYEES.

MUCH SMALLER CROWD THAN USUAL. TONIGHT, YOU GUYS WILL OFFICIALLY CANVASS THE RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER 4TH BOND ELECTION.

AND THE NUMBERS SPEAK CLEARLY. ALMOST 64% FOR OR 21,000 PEOPLE IN, ABOUT 12,000 AGAINST.

PROP B WAS 21,000 FOR 11,400 AGAINST. AND PROP C WAS 17,000 FOR AND ABOUT 15,000 AGAINST ALL 3 PROPOSITIONS PASSING HANDILY. IT'S A REMARKABLE EXPRESSION OF TRUST FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

MORE THAN $1.4 BILLION IN TOTAL NEW TAXING AUTHORITY PLACED IN YOUR HANDS.

I BELIEVE IT WAS LUKE WHO SAID, QUOTING JESUS IN THE SCRIPTURES, TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH WILL BE REQUIRED.

AND TONIGHT THAT PARTICULAR VERSE RESTS SQUARELY ON THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION.

THE COMMUNITY HAS GIVEN YOU MUCH, MUCH, MUCH MONEY, MUCH FAITH, AND MUCH RESPONSIBILITY.

WE EXPECT MUCH IN RETURN. METICULOUS STEWARDSHIP, COMPETITIVE BIDDING, REGULAR PUBLIC UPDATES, AND 0 TOLERANCE FOR WASTE. I DO WANT TO BE CANDID, THOUGH, ABOUT ONE AREA THAT STILL CONCERNS MANY OF US IN THE COMMUNITY.

COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THIS BOND CAMPAIGN FELL A LITTLE SHORT FOR US.

TOO MUCH MISINFORMATION CIRCULATED ON ALL SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT, AND TOO MUCH BASIC FACTS THAT WERE HARD TO FIND IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, THIS BEING A TAX INCREASE, FOR EXAMPLE. ANOTHER IS THAT VERY FEW VOTERS UNDERSTOOD THAT IF ALL 3 PROPOSITIONS HAD FAILED, THE I&S TAX RATE WOULD HAVE DROPPED TO AROUND $0.24.

IF WE WERE TO MEET THE OBLIGATIONS OF OUR OUTSTANDING BONDS, THAT WAS THE REAL BASELINE COST OF DOING NOTHING FOR THIS BOND.

THE FACT THAT I'M PERSONALLY OKAY AND COMFORTABLE WITH IN TERMS OF WHAT WE NEEDED TO GET DONE, BUT ONE THAT DESERVED FAR MORE SUNLIGHT, GREATER TRANSPARENCY ON THE FRONT END WOULD HAVE BUILT EVEN STRONGER TRUST AND PROBABLY HIGHER MARGINS.

THAT SAID, I DO WANT TO NOTE ON A POSITIVE AND MOST FAVORABLE GRATITUDE FOR THE DISTRICT ON THE ACADEMIC SCORES ACROSS RISD HAVE BEEN INCREASING FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THINGS ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM IS SHOWING POSITIVE RESULTS AND WILL NOW BE COMPLETE ACROSS OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT.

THOSE ARE WORTH CELEBRATING. OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS DESERVE MODERN, SAFE, TECHNOLOGY RICH AND ENRICHED CAMPUS ENVIRONMENTS AND BECAUSE OF THE GENEROSITY AND BELIEF OF THE COMMUNITY, THEY WILL NOW GET THAT. SO THANK YOU TO EVERY VOTER WHO STUDIED THE ISSUES AND CAST A BALLOT.

THANK YOU TO THIS BOARD FOR THE WORK THAT NOW BEGINS.

AND LET'S HONOR THE TRUST THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN BY DELIVERING EVERY PROJECT ON TIME, ON BUDGET, AND WITH THE EXCELLENCE OUR KIDS DESERVE. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. MS. HARRIS. THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE TIMME. THANK YOU. SPEAKER.

[III.A. 2025 Bond Election]

TRUSTEE TIMME. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ELECTION ORDER, AND NOTICE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED ON AUGUST 7TH, 2025, RISD PARTICIPATED IN A JOINT COUNTY WIDE ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF HOLDING A BOND ELECTION FOR 3 BOND PROPOSITIONS, OUR AGENDA CALLS FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION, CANVASING THE RETURNS, AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE BOND ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025. THE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 BOND ELECTION RETURNS DETERMINED THAT RISD VOTERS APPROVED BOND PROPOSITION A, APPROXIMATELY 63.89% IN FAVOR, WITH

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20,764 VOTES FOR AND 11,734 VOTES AGAINST, FOR A TOTAL OF 32,498 CASTED BALLOTS. BOND PROPOSITION B. APPROXIMATELY 64.69% IN FAVOR, WITH 21,006 VOTES FOR AND 11,464 VOTES AGAINST, FOR A TOTAL OF 32,470 CASTED BALLOTS. BOND PROPOSITION C.

APPROXIMATELY 52.85% IN FAVOR WITH 17,152 VOTES FOR AND 15,302 VOTES AGAINST, FOR A TOTAL OF 32,454 TOTAL CASTED BALLOTS.

PURSUANT TO THIS OFFICIAL CANVASS, RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPTS THE RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 BOND ELECTION AS CERTIFIED BY THE DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND APPROVES THE ORDER.

CANVASING, RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF A BOND ELECTION HELD IN THE RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, CANVASING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE BOND ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025? SO MOVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE TIMME AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE HARRIS.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THE MOTION PASSES 2 TO 0. SORRY [LAUGHTER]0. WAIT A MINUTE. I'VE LOST MY 2 TO 0.

IT PASSES.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 5:38 P.M. ON NOVEMBER THE 17TH, 2025.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.