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The projects come from the Department of Homeland Security State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. Director of Technology James Rmanzik introduced the need for board action; Mr. Benson then described the two funded projects: an incident response planning engagement with a vendor (about $21,000) to build and exercise an incident response plan, and an NDR/network monitoring implementation (about $11,000) to place an appliance on the district network with SOC monitoring. Mr. Benson said the combined project value is roughly $30,000 and the district’s out-of-pocket would be about $3,000 if the grants are accepted.

Mr. Benson told the board the incident response project will include live exercises and the monitoring project will provide 24/7 security operations center alerts to the district. \"That project alone was about $21,000 ... the IVS NDR implementation project ... is about $11,000,\" Mr. Benson said, describing the two awards.

The superintendent recommended approval and a trustee, identified in the record as Miss Gisenhot, moved to \"adopt all resolutions for the 2 cyber security grants.\" The meeting transcript does not include a recorded second or vote in the excerpt provided.

Because the motion and a superintendent recommendation are recorded but a roll-call or final vote is not present in the provided transcript segment, the formal acceptance and execution of the grants are not documented in this excerpt. The board packet included a DoPFUND/DoDLink-style resolution template for accepting the grants; staff said the resolutions are required for the district to receive the funds.

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The update is consequential for next year’s operations because the district is preparing to open new or renovated facilities and move staff and students before the fall term.

Mr. Thomas told the board that one building is ready to open and staff will move teachers in over the next two weeks, with some exterior landscaping remaining. He said Valor Middle School is \"on track and is moving along very well,\" with waterproofing, glass installation and HVAC work underway. For another campus (Victory), Mr. Thomas said \"the last concrete pour is tomorrow morning,\" and two sections of a building are progressing rapidly.

District staff said the CTE building has visible structure and exterior metal panels being installed; they expect that building to be \"dried in\" with roof and exterior panels within about four weeks. The high school and a new elementary school (Elementary No. 10) are roughly 50% through design development; staff said they will request construction manager-at-risk (CMAR) approval for the high school next month with a goal of starting site work later in the calendar year.

No board action was required; the item was an informational construction update. Trustees asked a follow-up about a shared-door classroom standard; staff said they have discussed the issue and will follow up with additional study if the board desires.

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The numbers are notable: Miss Gomez told the board that \"as of yesterday ... we have reached 95 percent of our graduating class being college career milestones,\" and staff reported that 35 percent of the graduating class currently meets a career-readiness indicator. The district also said it had 323 students earn industry-based certifications this year and expects an outcomes bonus estimated at roughly $144,000 tied to TSI/completion metrics.

Jonathan (district data presenter) summarized attendance and behavior trends, saying district attendance last year was 91.3 percent and this year is tracking roughly a one‑percentage‑point increase. On discipline, staff reported a roughly nine‑point improvement on a behavior-systems score after an independent review, and that campuses with the strongest systems showed fewer serious incidents.

Trustees said the numeric trends did not match their day‑to‑day perceptions. One trustee asked how fights and other serious incidents could appear frequent when the district's leading indicators show improvement. District staff responded that the current metrics are leading indicators and do not distinguish the severity of infractions; they proposed assembling a side‑by‑side comparison of infractions over time and adding teacher, parent and student survey data to provide context. \"We'll do a better job of making sure we assemble that and that we're looking at it all taken together,\" a staff member said.

Staff also highlighted gains that will affect accountability measures next year: the district expects large increases at several campuses based on end‑of‑year testing projections and said East Central High School’s college‑ready rate rose from the mid‑30s percent to about 81 percent in internal measures, which would raise the campus’s accountability score when state data are published.

The board did not vote on new discipline policy. Trustees directed staff to provide a more comprehensive packet that combines quantitative infraction counts, a seriousness rubric, and longitudinal survey results so board members can compare perception with the underlying data.

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The roadmap matters because it maps an explicit pathway from middle school through college that district leaders say will reduce barriers to postsecondary credentialing and increase work-based learning opportunities within health care for district students.

Dr. Homan, who spoke to the board, said the district has reconfigured the pathway so dual-credit courses (including two biology courses, specified math and English) will transfer into San Antonio College’s radiology technologist AAS. \"We are making dual credit courses more aligned to an Associate of Applied Science in radiology technologist, with San Antonio College,\" Dr. Homan said. He also emphasized that the senior year should include hands-on, work-based learning and industry certifications such as nursing aide, medical assistant, patient care technician or pharmacy technology.

The presentation lays out a sequence of planning conversations that the district will begin in students’ eighth-grade year so those who choose the pathway can enroll in the appropriate high-school coursework. District staff described a goal that students who complete the sequence could transition directly into San Antonio College or another Alamo Colleges District campus to continue toward the AAS.

Board members asked about industry and clinical partners. Staff listed existing agreements and clinical sites used by the district’s health programs, including CountryCare Manor in La Vernia for nursing aide licensure and clinical rotations with Methodist-affiliated clinics and hospitals. \"Every program that we have, that we offer, we do offer business industry partnerships that our students go to to get that hands on experience,\" a district presenter said.

District staff said the roadmap is a draft intended to be shared with families and to be scaled across other career pathways. No formal board vote or policy change was taken; the item was presented as an informational update.

Staff said next steps include communicating the roadmap to families, crosswalking transcripts with partner colleges, and continuing to develop work-based learning agreements so students can obtain both certifications and college credit.

Trustees and staff noted that specific course placements may change depending on students’ prior credits and that the district will continue coordinating with postsecondary partners to finalize transfer articulation.

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