Oct 20, 2026 Educational Opportunities Committee

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>> GALVAN: IT IS 10:10 A.M. AND WE WILL CALL THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMITTEE TO ORDER. MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

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QUORUM. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

FIRST THINGS FIRST, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST

MEETING? >>

FAVOR? >> AYE. >> GALVAN: ANY OPPOSED?

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>> CLERK: NO, SIR. >> GALVAN: GREAT. WE CAN JUMP RIGHT INTO IT.

WE HAVE A BUNCH OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND SERVING OUR YOUTH.

WE'LL START WITH POTENTIAL AMBASSADOR INTERNSHIP PILOT PROGRAM FOR OPPORTUNITY AND

JUSTICE-INVOLVED YOUTH. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

I'M REBECCA FLORES, THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND TODAY I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR INTERNSHIP PILOT FOR OPPORTUNITY AND INVOLVED YOUTH.

TO LEVEL SET EVERYBODY AND HOW THIS IDEA CAME TO BE, IN MARCH 5 OF THIS YEAR, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 MEMBER FILED A COUNCIL COMMITTEE REQUEST TO DEVELOP AN INTERNSHIP PILOT FOR YOUTH INVOLVED IN THE JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM.

DHS PRESENTED AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT AMBASSADOR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM TO THE GOVERNANCE PROGRAM AND HIGHLIGHTED OUTCOMES OF INTERNSHIP FOR OTHER LARGE METRO CITIES . THE CCR WAS REFERRED TO THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMITTEE WITH THE REQUEST THAT DHS RESEARCH INTERNSHIP BEST PRACTICES AND POSSIBLE PILOT COSTS. IN CONDUCTING OUR RESEARCH AND FROM THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH YOUTH PROGRAMS, INCLUDING AT THE NEXT LEVEL YOUTH OPPORTUNITY AUDIO] THESE ARE BEST PRACTICES THAT WOULD BE BEST IN PRACTICE FOR ALL YOUTH.

BUT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THAT WE FEEL IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS POPULATION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THESE VERY WELL.

PARTICULARLY, THE INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT. THE 101 GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM. YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT INTERACTION WITH THAT YOUTH TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP. THE BARRIER REMOVAL THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THEY EVEN START THE PROGRAM. PARTICULARLY FOR OUR YOUTH WHO ARE IN THE JUSTICE OR RE-ENTERING FROM THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. CONVERSATIONS REALLY NEED TO BE HAD WITH THEM ON WHAT ARE THOSE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS IF THEY STILL HAVE MEET WHEN THEY ARE BACK OUT INTO REENTRY. TO BE QUITE FRANK, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE DELICATELY HANDLED. I WILL BE HONEST, EVEN FRONTLINE STAFF DON'T KNOW THOSE REQUIREMENTS SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LOT OF WORK ONCE WE UNDERSTAND WHO OUR INTERNS ARE IN THIS PILOT.

THOSE THAT ARE JUSTICE-INVOLVED AND THEN WORK WITH BEXAR COUNTY OR A MUNICIPAL COURT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S REQUIRED OF THEM SO WE CAN SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS. THE EMPLOYER SELECTION. IT'S ONE THING TO ASK AN EMPLOYER TO HAVE AN INTERNSHIP FOR A STUDENT WHO'S IN COLLEGE VERSUS SOMEBODY WHO'S COMING TO THEM WHO MAY NOT EVEN HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DEGREE. WE HAVE NEXT-LEVEL PARTICIPANTS -- I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS POSSIBLE IN THIS DAY AND AGE, BUT WE HAVE PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE DROPPED OUT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE COMING AND WE REALLY WANT THE MOST AT-RISK YOUTH SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A SPECIAL EMPLOYER TO WORK WITH THOSE TYPES OF YOUTH. WE'LL REALLY NEED TO WORK WITH THE SUPERVISOR FOR PREPARATION. SO WE WANT TO SET UP REALISTIC JOB DESCRIPTIONS, REALISTIC MILESTONES FOR THOSE YOUTH TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND HERE ARE THE THREE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS THAT WE SHARED WITH THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE ON OTHER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS THAT HAD KIND OF RESEARCH-BASED RESULTS. CHICAGO, BOSTON, AND NEW YORK CITY.

ALL THREE HAD MOSTLY AT RISK JUSTICE-INVOLVED YOUTH. ALL HAD VERY POSITIVE OUTCOME EXPERIENCES AND THE TWO THINGS WE KEPT HEARING OVER AND OVER WITH THESE PROGRAMS THAT THERE HAS TO BE THE SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL COMPONENT IN EACH OF YOUR PROGRAMMING. AND THOSE INTERNSHIPS HAVE TO BE MEANINGFUL FOR THE

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AND HERE IS OUR PROPOSED PILOT MODEL. WE KIND OF GOT ALL OF THE BEST PRACTICES. AGAIN, FROM WHAT WE KNOW WORKING WITH YOUTH IN OTHER COMMUNITIES -- AND WE'VE DEVELOPED AN EIGHT-WEEK PROGRAM FOR OUR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH. TWO WEEKS WILL BE WORKFORCE READINESS TRAINING.

THE NEXT SIX WEEKS WILL BE THE WORK EXPERIENCE. THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS, IT WILL BE FOR DISCONNECTED YOUTH 16 TO 24 YEARS, RESIDE IN SAN ANTONIO.

WE WILL HAVE PRIORITY OUTREACH FOR THE FOSTER YOUTH IN THE FOSTER CARE EXPERIENCE. THOSE EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY, LGBTQ+ YOUTH AND THE JUVENILE MUNICIPAL COURT INVOLVEMENT. IT WAS DESIGNED FOR ACCESS SO THERE WILL BE NO EDUCATION OR PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.

WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON BARRIER REMOVAL, SO THOSE FIRST TWO WEEKS THAT WE WILL BE WORKING WITH YOUTH, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM ON MENTORING, CAREER COACHING, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE. MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE APPROPRIATE WORK CLOTHING AND ADDRESSING ANY OTHER BARRIERS THAT NEGATIVELY MAY BE IMPACTING OUR YOUTH. FOR THE EMPLOYERS, WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE SUPERVISORS EVEN BEFORE THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM STARTS.

THEY WILL RECEIVE TRAINING ON TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE AND BEST PRACTICES IN STRUCTURING INTERNSHIPS. WE'LL WORK WITH THEM ON DEVELOPING CLEAR JOB DESCRIPTIONS WITH REALISTIC MILESTONES FOR THE YOUTH TO COMPLETE.

AND THEN THERE WILL ALSO BE SUPERVISOR CHECK-INS THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM.

HERE WE HAVE A COMPARISON OF THE AMBASSADOR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND THEN THE PILOT THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING. ALTHOUGH THE CCR SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THAT THIS WOULD BE A PART OF THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE IDENTITY, THE MARKETING'S ALREADY OUT THERE, IF WE ARE TO DO THIS PILOT PROGRAM, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THIS PILOT HAVE ITS OWN NAME, OWN IDENTITY, AND OWN BRANDING. THERE ARE SIMILARITIES OF THE PROGRAM BUT I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES. UNLIKE THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM WHERE THEY CAN WORK UP TO 30 HOURS PER WEEK, FOR THE PILOT, THEY WILL BE WORKING UP TO 40 HOURS PER WEEK. WE'LL ALSO BE PAYING THEM WEEKLY. IF OUR FISCAL TEAM IS LISTENING, SORRY BECAUSE THAT WILL BE MORE WORK FOR THEM BUT WE FEEL THAT THESE YOUTH NEED MONEY, TO BE VERY FRANK, AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GO TWO WEEKS WITHOUT INCOME.

SO WE WILL BE DOING WEEKLY PAYMENTS FOR THEM. WE'LL BE WORKING WITH HR TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE CRITERIA FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS. RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE IN THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, YOU MUST PASS ALL COSA HR CHECKS. THAT INCLUDES DRUG SCREENING AND OTHER CRITERIA THAT HR HAS CREATED. THE SUPERVISOR TRAINING WILL ALSO BE DIFFERENT. WE'LL FOCUS ON TRAUMA-INFORMED, REVIEWING OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS, SETTING REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS, THE STAFF CHECK-INS, AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT SKILLS. THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TWO COHORTS, AGAIN ALSO WILL BE DIFFERENT. WE'LL REALLY HIT HARD ON THE SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

STRENGTHENING DIGITAL SKILLS. WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT MICROCREDENTIALING. THERE'S A NUMBER OF FREE FOR OUR YOUTH SO WE WILL BE INCORPORATING THAT INTO OUR FIRST FEW WEEKS. FOCUSING ON SOFT SKILLS.

HOW DO YOU ANSWER A PHONE? YOU KNOW, THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE.

THINGS THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD EXPOSURE TO. AND WORKFORCE EXPECTATIONS AND TIME MANAGEMENT. WE WILL BE HAVING WEEKLY CHECK-INS WITH THE YOUTH IN THE PILOT PROGRAM AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS CONCERNS. WE'LL ALSO BE HAVING CHECK-INS WITH THE SUPERVISORS. IF WE'RE HEARING A CONSTANT EVERYBODY'S LATE, WE'RE GOING TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND KIND OF HIT HOME AGAIN ON TIME MANAGEMENT OR WHATEVER CONCERN THAT WE FEEL THAT WE NEED TO RESTRESS. THERE WILL BE INDIVIDUALIZED AND STRUCTURED SUPPORT.

AGAIN, RIGHT NOW FOR THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, WE BASICALLY DO IT ON AN AD HOC BASIS WHERE WE SAY IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, COME TO US. WHEREAS OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS YOUTH ARE GOING TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL, MORE PERSONAL.

AGAIN, KIND OF REALLY WITH THAT TRAUMA-INFORMED LENS. AND THEN FOR THE AMBASSADOR, ONCE THE PROGRAM ENDS, IT ENDS. SO FOR THE PILOT, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THIS YOUTH FOR AT LEAST UP TO SIX MONTHS, POTENTIALLY LONGER. HELP THEM TO SECURE A JOB. GET INTO READY TO WORK.

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HERE ARE OUR PROPOSED METRICS. SINCE IT IS A PILOT, WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO KIND OF START SMALL SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH 25 ENROLLED YOUTH. AND THEN THE REST OF THE METRICS, AGAIN, FROM THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AT NEXT LEVEL, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES REENGAGEMENT CENTER AND OTHER REENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS , IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR US IN THE BEGINNING OF WHAT ARE THOSE REALISTIC GOALS TO SET FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH.

AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND OUT IS IF YOU DO OUTREACH TO 100 YOUTH, ONLY 50 ARE GOING TO ENROLL IN YOUR PROGRAM. FROM THAT 50, ONLY 25 ARE GOING TO GO TO THAT NEXT LEVEL. BASICALLY, YOU LOSE ABOUT 50% OF YOUTH AT EVERY LEVEL OF TRIAGE WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH YOUTH WITH THESE TYPES OF AT-RISK FACTORS. SO WE FEEL THAT THESE ARE REALISTIC GOALS.

I KNOW THE 30%, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE HIGHER AND WE HOPE IT WILL BE.

BUT AGAIN, FROM THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AT NEXT LEVEL AND FROM NATIONAL RESEARCH, WE FEEL THAT THESE ARE REALISTIC FOR THIS POPULATION.

AND OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, IT'S ALMOST $200,000. THE VAST MAJORITY WILL BE GOING TO PARTICIPANT STIPENDS AND ALSO OTHER SUPPORT FOR THE YOUTH.

RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE ONE STAFF PERSON WHO RUNS OUR AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND DEPENDING ON THE TIMING, OUR AMBASSADOR STAFF PERSON MAY BE BUSY DOING THAT PROGRAM SO WE WILL NEED TO HIRE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IF WE ARE TO DO THIS PILOT.

SO WE DO HAVE A LINE ITEM FROM PROGRAM STAFFING AND WE HAVE SOME INCENTIVES FOR YOUTH MILESTONE, ONCE THEY REACH THEIR ATTENDANCE OR PROGRAM COMPLETION.

THOSE MILESTONES THEY SET WITH THEIR SUPERVISOR, WE WOULD LIKE TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE DOING THAT GREAT WORK.

AND THE CAREER COACHING. AS I SAID, WE WILL BE PROVIDING COACHING FOR THE YOUTH, UP TO SIX MONTHS, POTENTIALLY LONGER AFTER THE PROGRAMMING.

SO WE DO HAVE A LINE ITEM TO COVER THOSE COSTS. FUNDING FOR THE PILOT, YOU KNOW, AS THE CCR STATED, IT'S COMING OUT OF THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

TO IMPLEMENT THIS OPPORTUNITY YOUTH INTERNSHIP, FUNDS WOULD HAVE TO BE REDIRECTED FROM THE AMBASSADOR SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. SO CURRENTLY OUR CURRENT BUDGET IS $833,660.

AND THAT COVERS ABOUT 200 AMBASSADORS. SO IF WE ARE TO REDIRECT THE ALMOST $200,000, THAT MEANS THAT THIS SUMMER WE WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INTERNSHIPS TO 150 COLLEGE STUDENTS. AND NOW THIS IS WHERE WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT AND HELP. WE WOULD LOVE TO RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT Y'ALL HAVE ON THE MODEL AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE FUNDING REALLOCATION FROM THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THIS PILOT.

AND ANOTHER COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IS BASED ON THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION. THE PROPOSED PILOT AND REALLOCATION OF FUNDS WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR A FULL COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION AT A LATER DATE. AND THAT IS MY PRESENTATION, CHAIR.

>> GALVAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH, REBECCA. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO WHO PUT THIS CCR FORWARD AND ALWAYS FOCUSES ON SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH. IT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FOCUSED ON. I THINK ABOUT 2021, A YOUTH FOCUS TOWN HALL SHE HOSTED WHERE SHE MENTIONED SHE WANTED TO FOCUS ON YOUTH INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. AND THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS ALWAYS A FOCUS FOR HER TO SEE HOW WE GET THIS MOVING ALONG. WITH THAT, COUNCILWOMAN

CASTILLO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUMP IN? >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, REBECCA FOR THE PRESENTATION. I REALLY VALUE THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE TEAM PUT IN SUPPORTING BEST PRACTICES WITH THIS PROPOSED PILOT, PARTICULARLY WITH THE DIRECT YOUTH SUPPORT. IT REMINDS ME OF A CONVERSATION WE HAD AT ONE OF OUR REENTRY ROUNDTABLES. WE HAD BEEN CONVENING INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD SERVED 6 MONTHS TO 25 YEARS IN THE BEXAR COUNTY JAIL AND/OR IN STATE PRISONS. AND ONE OF THE FIRST CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD -- I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS MR. LACY. HE SAID I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION BUT WE NEED TO GET TO WHERE IT STARTS AT THE ROOT.

AS FOLK SHARED THEIR STORIES OF JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT, IT STARTED EARLY ON.

10 TO 13 YEARS OLD WHERE FOLKS HAD RUN-INS WITH THE SYSTEM.

WHAT THEY EMPHASIZED WAS A NEED TO REFOCUS ON OUR YOUTH, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAD INTERACTED WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE

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I APPRECIATE THE INTENTIONALITY FOR THE DIRECT SUPPORT.

THE PREPARATION AND OF COURSE THE EMPLOYER PLACEMENT SUPPORT.

THAT'S ALSO THAT CAME UP AT OUR REENTRY ROUNDTABLES. FOR MANY INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY WE HAVE SPECIFIC WAYS THAT WE NAVIGATE CONFLICT DISAGREEMENT AND JUST UNCOMFORTABLE INTERACTIONS AND GUIDANCE ON HOW TO RESPOND AND REACT WILL BE A VALUE FOR BOTH EMPLOYER AND THE PARTICIPANT OF THE PILOT PROGRAM.

I THINK WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS CONCEPT IS WHAT'S LAID OUT ON SLIDE 4 WHICH SHOWS THAT MODELS FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND ENGAGEMENT FOR JUSTICE-INVOLVED YOUTH DOES HAVE A REDUCTION FOR YOUTH INVOLVED WITH VIOLENT CRIME AND ARREST. I APPRECIATE THE STATS Y'ALL LAID OUT ON THIS SLIDE BECAUSE SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN IS WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE WITH YOUTH VIOLENCE. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT -- WHETHER IT'S A JUDGE, THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THAT WE NEED TO WORK TOWARDS REDUCING.

ULTIMATELY THESE ARE GOING TO BE ADULTS THAT ARE THEN GOING TO HAVE TO RECONNECT AND ENGAGE. AND OF COURSE THE PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT. MY RECOMMENDATIONS -- I APPRECIATE AGAIN WHAT Y'ALL HAVE LAID OUT FOR THE PROPOSED PILOT MODEL. AS DISCUSSED IN OUR ONE-ON-ONE MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE -- AGAIN, FOR DATA COLLECTION PURPOSES FOR ELIGIBILITY AND OUTREACH IS TRACKING IF SOMEONE HAS AN INCARCERATED PARENT.

I UNDERSTAND THIS WILL ALL JUST BE SELF-CHECKING BUT I THINK IT COULD HELP IN TERMS OF FUTURE POLICYMAKING TO HAVE THAT DATA OF HOW MANY OF THE YOUTH WE INTEND TO SERVE OR ARE INTERESTED MAY HAVE A PARENT THAT'S INCARCERATED.

BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL HAVE LAID OUT IN TERMS OF THE PILOT MODEL.

GOING TO THE COMPARISON OF INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT THIS PILOT IS AND THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

FOR MY COLLEAGUES, IN DRAFTING THE CCR, WE CITED THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM BECAUSE WE KNEW WE WERE NAVIGATING A BUDGET DEFICIT AND THAT THERE WOULD BE DEDICATED FUNDINGS IN PLACE TO SUPPORT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE $200,000 OUT OF THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

THE INTENT WAS THERE WOULD BE DEDICATED FUNDING THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PULL FROM ANY OTHER PROGRAM AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO CUT IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THIS PILOT.

I'M HOPEFUL Y'ALL SUPPORT THAT REALLOCATION FOR THE FUNDS.

ANOTHER POINT -- RACHEL CALLED THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR PILOT PROGRAMS AND SHE ASKED IF THEY TRACK THE PARTICIPANTS BEYOND THE PROGRAM. BASED OFF OF THE SIX MONTHS THAT YOU ALL ARE RECOMMENDING PROVIDING SUPPORT, CAN WE TRACK WHERE OUR YOUTH ARE GOING BEYOND THE PILOT PROGRAM? OF COURSE WE HAVE LIMITATIONS BUT IS THAT

SOMETHING WE CAN DO? >> YES, WE CAN. >> CASTILLO: OKAY.

GREAT. IN SUMMARY, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT Y'ALL PUT IN. I'M HOPEFUL MY COLLEAGUES WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL. AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE BUDGET COST LONG-TERM IF WE DO NOT INVEST IN OUR YOUTH, IT'S GOING TO COST US MORE IN THE LONG RUN IN TERMS OF REENTRY, EXPUNGEMENTS, ET CETERA. AND OF COURSE JUST COURSE CORRECTING -- ALLOWING THE OPPORTUNITY TO COURSE CORRECT IS INVALUABLE AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT Y'ALL WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE PILOT TODAY.

THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. >> GALVAN: ANYBODY ELSE

HAVE ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILWOMAN KAUR. >> KAUR: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE.

MY FAVORITE SLIDE IS SLIDE 4 BECAUSE I STARTED DIGGING INTO THE RESEARCH.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE CHICAGO SITE AND I THINK YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB LOOKING AT OTHER PROGRAMS. GREAT WORK ON THIS. FOR THE ONE SUMMER PLUS, THEY HAVE -- THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A FORMAL RESEARCH STUDY THAT WAS DONE.

BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT, THE RESULTS IN COMPARISON TO A CONTROL GROUP. THIS IS NOT REALLY SOMETHING WE DO VERY OFTEN WHEN WE DO PILOT PROGRAMS AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE. LIKE, THE OTHER STATISTICS ARE GREAT.

THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, COMPARISONS TO BASELINE. BUT LOOKING AT A CONTROL GROUP I THINK WOULD DEMONSTRATE THE IMPACT EVEN MORE.

I ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THERE'S SELF-SELECTION BIAS BUT AT THE SAME TIME IF YOU LOOK, YOU KNOW, AT BASE STATISTICS, IT WILL HELP US LEARN MORE.

IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE COULD SEE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, MAYBE IF IT'S SOMEHOW TRYING TO TRACK DOWN -- YOU STARTED WITH THE EXAMPLE IF YOU REACH OUT TO 100 PEOPLE, MAYBE 50 PEOPLE APPLY, MAYBE 25 ACCEPT. MAYBE WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT

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IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING. I KNOW WE MIGHT GET 10% RESPONSE RATE BUT IT WOULD AT LEAST BE ABLE TO GET SOME KIND OF CONTROL I THINK WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.

>> THEN THE OTHER 25 WE DON'T ACCEPT, THAT WOULD BE OUR CONTROL GROUP.

SO WE CAN ACTUALLY ADD LANGUAGE TO THE APPLICATION THAT GIVES US PERMISSION TO

CONTINUE TO TRACK THEM AND FOLLOW UP WITH THEM. >> KAUR: THAT WOULD BE

GREAT. >> AND WE CAN WORK WITH OUR RESEARCH DEPARTMENT.

BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD STATISTICS IN A VERY LONG TIME BUT I REMEMBER THE BASICS. BUT WE CAN FOR SURE. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS LOOKING UP OTHER MODELS, IT WAS HARD TO FIND EVEN THOSE THAT HAD BASELINE DATA. AND SO THE CHICAGO MODEL WAS ONE OF THE FEW WITH A CONTROL GROUP BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS VERY HARD TO COME BY.

SO WE CAN BE SETTING THE STANDARD ALSO BEING A MODEL FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES.

>> KAUR: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND I WONDER IF -- I ALWAYS GIVE MARIA EXTRA PROJECTS. BUT IF MARIA VARGAS WOULD BE WILLING TO EVEN DO SOME BASE DATA ANALYSIS FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH FOR US IN VERY SPECIFIC -- LIKE EMPLOYMENT -- THAT WE COULD AT LEAST SAY EFFECTIVE TODAY, TO AT LEAST GET SOME KIND OF BASELINE AS TO WHICH TARGET FOR WHEN WE GO OUT AND RECRUIT FOR THE PROGRAM.

>> WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BOTHER MARIA BECAUSE IT'S COMING UP.

WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH THE RAY MARSHALL CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TO DO LIKE A CENSUS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT, JUSTICE-INVOLVED, AND THE OTHERS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT OUT IN

DECEMBER. >> KAUR: THAT WOULD BE AWESOME AND THEY'RE GOING TO

GIVE IT CITYWIDE -- >> YES. >> KAUR: AND WE'RE TARGETING FOR THE ELIGIBILITY AND OUTREACH. WE'RE GOING TO TARGET

SPECIFIC PARTS OR ACROSS THE CITY? >> ACROSS THE CITY.

RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE LIKE THRIVE YOUTH CENTER HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC PARTNER TO US. AND SO THEY WOULD BE PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES I GO TO TO LOOK FOR LGBTQ+. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE UNHOUSED YOUTH AND THE MUNICIPAL COURT. WE WILL BE DOING A BROAD SWATH OF OUTREACH. I SHARED WITH COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, SURPRISINGLY EVERY TIME WE HAVE POSTED ON NEXTDOOR, WHICH IS A FREE APP, WE GET THE MOST RESPONSES BECAUSE THE GRANDMA, THE TIA, THE UNCLE FINDS OUT AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU'VE BEEN ON MY COUCH FOR TOO LONG AND YOU NEED TO GET OVER THERE.

WE FOR SURE -- YEAH, WE HAD A GRANDMA, NO JOKE BROUGHT IN FOUR OF HER GRANDCHILDREN BECAUSE SHE WAS SICK OF THEM WATCHING NETFLIX ON HER SOFA AND SHE BROUGHT THEM IN BY THEIR EARS. IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY. BUT NEXTDOOR HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL RESOURCE FOR US ON REACHING FAMILY MEMBERS. AGAIN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, DISENGAGED YOUTH, THEY HAVE THAT LABEL FOR A REASON.

THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT MAJOR SOCIAL SYSTEMS THAT THE REST OF US DO.

HAVING ACCESS TO FAMILY MEMBERS GIVES US MORE INSIGHTS INTO WHERE THEY

ARE. >> KAUR: THE REASON WHY I SAID THAT IS BECAUSE GOING BACK TO THE MAPS WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR SEVERAL -- LIKE, SINCE THE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED. OBVIOUSLY, THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH I'M DOING THE SWOOP AS PART OF THE CITY THAT HAS MORE. AND SO IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT, AT LEAST FOR ME -- I KNOW IT'S A SMALL SAMPLE SIZE BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE 25 TO COME FROM THE AREAS THAT HAVE THE MOST OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. IF WE COULD TARGET -- OF COURSE OUR PARTNERS ARE GREAT BUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE'RE ACCEPTING WE'RE TARGETING THAT AREA TO SEE IMPACTS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WE'RE DOING A TARGETED INVESTMENT IN THESE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE THE AREA.

I KNOW IT'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT INVESTMENT TO CHANGE AND

WE WANT TO SUPPORT THOSE AREAS -- >> WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE A CONTROL GROUP. I'LL HAVE TO -- IF WE'RE ONLY TARGETING A SPECIFIC AREA OF TOWN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT DOES TO OUR CONTROL STUDY SO I'LL HAVE TO DELVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. YEAH.

OBVIOUSLY, IF WE DO GET THE GO AHEAD TO DO THIS BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING, WE'LL FOR SURE PROBABLY COME BACK AND GIVE Y'ALL ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF HOW WE ARE

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SO WE HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT. >> KAUR: OKAY.

THAT'S GREAT. THE OTHER THING I WAS WANTING TO LOOK AT IS JUST THE METRICS THAT WERE INCLUDED AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER -- THERE WAS A METRIC THAT I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

OH, MAN. IF IT COMES BACK TO ME I'LL MAKE SURE I MENTION IT.

IF NOT, IT WILL COME BACK -- I WAS READING SOMETHING AND, OH, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD METRIC TO ASSESS. BUT THE LAST THING I WAS GOING TO ASK IS IN THE BUDGET, ON SLIDE 8, THE PROGRAM STAFFING. IF WE DO TAKE THIS FROM THE AMBASSADOR SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH I SUPPORT. BUT, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY IT'S LIKE 25 LESS KIDS THAT WE'RE BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT. ALTHOUGH VERY IMPORTANT, I UNDERSTAND. I WAS JUST TRYING TO ASK IF THE PROGRAM STAFFING, WOULD THIS BE -- COULD WE BE REPLACING USING FOLKS THAT WOULD GENERALLY BE SUPPORTING THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND REALLOCATING THAT RESOURCE SO IT WOULDN'T

HAVE TO BE AN ADDITIONAL COST? >> NO.

I ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON SUPPORTING THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND IT IS A HEAVY LIFT TO BE RECRUITING THE AMBASSADORS. WE'RE GOING TO BE OPENING UP APPLICATIONS IN JANUARY SO THIS IS THE TIME WE'RE PROCURING INTERNSHIPS, WORKING WITH JOB DESCRIPTIONS. AND THEN WE DO THE OUTREACH.

YEAH. I WILL NOT HAVE -- MY ONE STAFF PERSON WOULD NOT HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO THIS WELL. AND I THINK WE WERE VERY

HONEST ABOUT WHAT OUR BANDWIDTH WAS. >> KAUR: I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THAT, I DO SUPPORT THE ALLOCATION AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE A PROGRAM THAT IS REPLICABLE AS WELL.

>> GALVAN: REALLY QUICK ON THE CONTROL GROUP, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WORTH CONNECTING WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT PROGRAM ON THE FOLKS WHO DON'T PARTICIPATE ON ANY OF THE JUVENILE -- I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD FOR IT.

YEAH, THE TRUANCY COURT. IS THERE ANY FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING WITH US BUT AREN'T GETTING THE SAME -- TO CATCH THE FOLKS TRYING TO APPLY BUT NOT APPLYING AT THE SAME TIME . JUST A THOUGHT THERE. SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU MENTIONED, COUNCILWOMAN. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID.

IT WILL COME BACK TO ME. COUNCILMAN MUNGIA. >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK THIS IS GREAT. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS PHENOMENAL. THERE HAVE BEEN FOLKS WE HAVE TRIED TO REFER AND IT'S ODDLY ENOUGH A BARRIER THAT YOU HAVE TO BE IN COLLEGE TO GET THAT PROGRAM. SO WE'VE HAD HIGH SCHOOL FOLKS AND THEY CAN'T DO IT.

TO ME, I THINK IF YOU'RE ALREADY ENROLLED IN COLLEGE AND YOU HAVE TWO SEMESTERS UNDER YOUR BELT, THAT IS CERTAINLY A STEP AHEAD OF A LOT OF FOLKS.

EVEN IF IT MIGHT BE CHALLENGING, IT WAS HARD TO GET THERE.

THAT WAS CERTAINLY A BARRIER THOSE KIDS HAVE PASSED. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HELP YOUNG FOLKS THAT ARE MAYBE NOT IN THAT PERIPHERY.

TO COUNCILWOMAN KAUR'S POINT, WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY YOUTH IN DISTRICT 4 SO I HOPE WE CAN WORK WITH SOUTH SAN AND HARLANDALE EVEN BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THERE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, IN MY MIND, COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE SERVING THAT SIDE OF TOWN. NOW, THERE ARE PLACES -- AND THEY'RE VERY MUCH NEEDED. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT WHO'S HELPING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY LIMITED.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, YESTERDAY I DID A TOUR OF FAMILY SERVICES, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL. AND THEY BOUGHT A BUILDING -- I THINK THE NONPROFIT WAS ON SOUTH PRESA, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT 3 OR D5.

>> D3. >> MUNGIA: I SUPPORT MOVING THE FUNDS OVER.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD USE OF FUNDS. YEAH.

I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE A DIFFERENT TERM WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS, FOR CONTROL. IT FEELS A LITTLE EXPERIMENT-Y TO HAVE THAT WITH STUDENTS. BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT.

THIS IS PHENOMENAL. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF AVENUES WE CAN REACH THESE KIDS, WHETHER IT'S MUNICIPAL COURT, THE SCHOOLS, THE COUNSELORS, ANYTHING LIKE

THAT. >> THAT. >> GALVAN: IS IT STARTING THIS FISCAL YEAR PRIOR TO THE BUDGET? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

GOOD TO KNOW. >> IDEALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO START THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

IN MARCH AND APRIL. >> GALVAN: SAME TIME AS THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

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OVERALL-ISH. >>ISH. WE'LL BE BUSY.

>> GALVAN: ON THE STAFFING COMPONENT -- THIS IS BEING AS FRANK AS I CAN BE ON IT TOO. I KNOW I MENTIONED TEMP ON THE SLIDE -- I DON'T KNOW

WHICH SLIDE IT WAS. 8. >> YES.

>> GALVAN: I NOTICED COST IS THE BIGGEST PORTION TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

IT'S A QUESTION FOR ALL THREE FOLKS HERE. WHAT'S THE COST BENEFIT IN TERMS OF PROGRAMMING AND HOW WE CAN DELIVER THE SERVICES FOR TEMP VERSUS FULL-TIME?

>> THESE WOULD BE FULL-TIME TEMPS. >> GALVAN: GOT IT.

>> BUT THEY WOULD . >> IT'S A TEMP BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE STRICTLY FOR THIS PROGRAM AND WE DON'T HAVE AN AUTHORIZED POSITION FOR THIS SO THAT'S WHY THEY WOULD BE TEMP. COUNCIL IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN AUTHORIZE A POSITION.

THE REASON WE'RE USING TEMP IS IT'S A SHORT TIME-FRAME AND NOT NECESSARILY NEEDING

A FULL-TIME POSITION. >> GALVAN: THAT'S HELPFUL. AND THE STAFFING COMPONENT, I IMAGINE THERE WOULD BE SUPPORT NEEDED FOR SOME OF THE FOLKS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE STAFF DOING THAT WORK ARE ABLE TO BE FAIRLY COMPETENT BUT ALSO AREN'T GETTING BURNT OUT DURING THE CONVERSATION.

YEAH. ANYWAY. OKAY.

I THINK THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS DO WE HAVE ANY EMPLOYERS WHO ARE INTERESTED OR ENGAGED ON THIS ALREADY IS THAT HAPPENING NEXT YEAR?

>> I HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME EMPLOYERS AND THEY'RE INTERESTED. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF COUNCIL AND THEY KIND OF WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE PARAMETERS WERE OF LENGTH.

THEY'RE WAITING FOR MORE DETAIL BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE SOME EMPLOYERS

INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THIS PILOT. >> GALVAN: ANY OTHER

COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK FROM THE GROUP? >> KAUR: ARE YOU GOING TO TRY TO PUT ANY IN THE CITY AS WELL? IT'S GOING TO BE 25.

DO YOU HAVE A TARGETED BREAKDOWN IN COMPARISON TO HOW THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

USUALLY WORKS? >> YES. WHY WE ALWAYS -- THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS BRILLIANT. WE ACTUALLY SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH MATCHING. SO WE ACTUALLY GET OUR CANDIDATES.

WE ALWAYS HAVE -- IF WE NEED 200 INTERNSHIPS, I HAVE 400 LINED UP.

SO THE INTENTIONALITY THAT WE HAVE OF PLACING AN INTERN WITH A JOB EXPERIENCE IS VERY INTENTIONAL. AND SO THE SAME IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.

AND SO IF IT MAKES FOR TO HAVE THEM IN A COSA POSITION, THAT'S WHAT THEY WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN. MELODY WILL HELP ME MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME WONDERFUL OUTSIDE PARTNERS THAT I THINK WILL BE WILLING TO STEP UP. BUT WE REALLY ARE GOING TO UNDERSTAND WHO WE ACCEPT INTO THE PROGRAM AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT -- IF WE DON'T HAVE AN INTERNSHIP THAT ALIGNS WITH WHAT THEIR INTERESTS, THEIR SKILLS, WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND

SEEK IT. >> KAUR: JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP ON TRACKING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO KNOW IS HOW MUCH INTEREST ARE YOU SEEING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON OR THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE INFLUENCING AS A COUNCIL. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO TRACK TO SAY WE GOT A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS BUT NOT X. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MIGHT BE BUT OFFERING THAT AS A BETTER -- SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE THE

COMMUNITY'S WILLING TO STEP UP. >> THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

>> KAUR: THANKS. THANKS, CHAIR. >> GALVAN: GREAT.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR FEEDBACK? YEAH.

>> TATE: WHAT WE'LL DO IS GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE DATA COLLECTION AS WELL AS A BASELINE OF DATA. AND THEN REVIEW TARGETED OUTREACH AND HOW THAT OUTREACH WOULD OCCUR. WE WOULD, BASED ON THE DISCUSSION, WE WOULD COME BACK TO B SESSION. MOST LIKELY DECEMBER/JANUARY BUT WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'VE

GOT GOING ON. >> GALVAN: GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, REBECCA FOR THE PRESENTATION. FOR THE NEXT ITEM I WAS GOING TO ASK THE GROUP, DO WE WANT TO TAKE THE STUDENT ATTENDANCE ONE FOR THE SAKE OF THE WAY IT FLOWS, ABOUT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ATTENDANCE ONE WILL LEAD INTO THAT.

JULIA, ARE YOU READY FOR ITEM 4 TO COME UP? >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> GALVAN: WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4, STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND THINGS WE'RE

SEEING HERE LOCALLY. >> HI, EVERYBODY. HOW IS EVERYONE DOING TODAY?

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MAINLY FOCUSED ON WAYS TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IN PUBLIC SCHOOL. TO GROUND US IN SOME INFO AND SOME STARTING POINTS, AS A REMINDER, WE ARE ONE OF SIX STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT FUNDS BASED ON ATTENDANCE. SO ANYTHING MEANT FOR SPECIFIC POPULATIONS, SUCH AS SPECIAL EDUCATION, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, EMERGING BILINGUALS IS THEN DEFLATED OR DECREASED BY THE ATTENDANCE RATE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE STATE.

I'M GETTING MY TIMER STARTED SO I CAN STAY ON TIME. THAT SEEMS TO BE OF COURSE THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE. WE WOULD WANT TO SEE ADDITIONAL WAYS TO LEAN INTO OUR STUDENTS TO HELP THEM GET TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY OR TO HELP THEM FEEL ENGAGED. AND SO REALLY I'M SO PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THIS CONVERSATION HAS COME UP WITH THIS COMMITTEE AND WAYS THE CITY CAN POTENTIALLY LEAN IN AND HELP F. A COUPLE OF DEFINITIONS WE SHOULD GO THROUGH IS WHAT CHRONICALLY ABSENT MEANS VERSUS TRUANCY. OUR STATE, AS OF LAST SESSION, OFFICIALLY ADOPTED THE DEFINITION OF A CHRONICALLY-ABSENT STUDENT.

THAT'S A STUDENT WHO IS ABSENT FOR MORE THAN 10% OF THE SCHOOL'S REQUIRED OPERATIONS. FOR OUR STATE, THAT IS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

GENERALLY IT'S ABOUT 18 DAYS, GIVE OR TAKE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT IS IN SCHOOL. SO THAT COULD BE 15 TO 18 DAYS. NOW, TRUANCY IS WHEN THOSE ABSENCES ARE UNEXCUSED.

HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRUANCY AND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM.

CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM COUNTS ALL UNEXCUSED OR EXCUSED. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS A LOT OF FAMILIES BEING OKAY TAKING AN EARLY VACATION AND PULLING A STUDENT OUT ON FRIDAY OR COMING TO SCHOOL LATE ON MONDAY. OR ALSO, AS SICKNESSES INCREASE, BEING MORE READY TO HOLD A STUDENT HOME. OR HEARING ANY RISK OF POTENTIAL ILLNESSES AT THEIR CAMPUS, ALSO HOLDING THAT STUDENT HOME.

AND THOSE COUNT UNDER THAT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM MONIKER, EVEN IF THEY ARE GETTING A DOCTOR'S NOTE THAT IMPACTS A STUDENT'S PERFORMANCE AT SCHOOL.

BY STATE, TEXAS DOES BETTER-ISH COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, IN TERMS OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM RATES. THOSE RATES HAVE DROPPED SINCE THE PANDEMIC BUT STILL REALLY INTENSE OVERALL AS A COUNTRY AND THE IMPACTS MOST READILY FELT IN OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED OR HAVING ANY KIND OF ISSUES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION OR OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS HAVE HIGHER RATES OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AS WELL. THERE IS A GREAT RESOURCE IN ATTENDANCE WORKS. THEY HAVE A TON OF RESEARCH AROUND ATTENDANCE.

THEY CATEGORIZE IMPACTS ON ATTENDANCE IN THESE PARTICULAR AREAS IN TERMS OF BARRIERS, AVERSION, DISENGAGEMENT AND MISCONCEPTION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOLS. WHEN WE GENERALLY TAKE THOSE AREAS AS TO WHY STUDENTS ARE MISSING FROM SCHOOL, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS OF RESEARCH THAT GIVE US A GENERAL IMPRESSION OF WHAT'S GOING ON. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY THIS PARTICULAR STUDY WAS MORE FOR A TEENAGER. SO I BELIEVE IT WAS OVER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. AS YOU ALL MIGHT ASSUME, THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE MISSED ANY SCHOOL MORE OFTEN ARE DOING IT FOR PHYSICAL HEALTH REASONS.

THIS IS ON SLIDE 5, BY THE WAY, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG.

SO THAT'S SICK, HURT, DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. THAT IS THE MOST FREQUENT REASON THAT STUDENTS ARE ABSENT FROM SCHOOL. FUN REASONS BEING SECOND.

OF COURSE, MENTAL HEALTH REASONS NOT TOO FAR BEHIND FROM BEING A REALLY FREQUENT REASON THAT STUDENTS ARE MISSING SCHOOL. I INCLUDED A COUPLE OF QUOTES. I'M EXPANDING ON THAT POINT. NOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STUDENTS WHO ARE MISSING FOR MORE THAN ONE DAY, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH FOR OUR

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OTHER ISSUES WITH CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM OFTEN AFFECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. HERE WAS A STUDY ON REALLY CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IMPACTING OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. BUT ALSO OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS REFERRED TO IN THIS PARTICULAR STUDY. BUT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF COURSE, THAT IS EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS. AND REALLY JUST A LOT OF THAT POINTED TO A DISENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY OR A LACK OF RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES BUT ALSO STUDENTS WHO ARE LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE.

WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT? I HAVE INCLUDED AN ATTACHMENT FOR YOU ALL TO REVIEW. I GAVE YOU HOMEWORK. I COULDN'T RESIST.

YOU GUYS KNOW ME BY NOW. I LOVE A GOOD HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT.

BUT WHEN YOU ALL HAVE TIME, BETWEEN YOUR MULTIPLE THINGS THAT YOU ALL DO FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, THERE IS SOME GREAT REVIEW OF SOME STUDIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON WAYS THAT DISTRICTS AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES HAVE PUSHED INTO SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TO HELP IMPACT ATTENDANCE AND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. THEY DIVIDED THAT INTO THREE TIERS.

TIER 1 IS FOR EVERYONE. THIS IS A LOT OF PREVENTIVE, A LOT OF EARLY IDENTIFICATION. STUDENTS WHO ARE MISSING ONE OR TWO DAYS.

IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON THAT WE CAN GET AHEAD OF THEM BECOMING A CHRONICALLY ABSENTEE STUDENTS. TIER 2, MISSING 10 TO 19%. AND TIER 3 FOR STUDENTS MISSING 20% OR MORE AND POTENTIALLY AT HIGH RISK IN TIER 2 AND TIER 3 FOR DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL. THE PAGES THAT I INCLUDED IN THIS ATTENDANCE PLAYBOOK HIGHLIGHT THE METHODS THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT IN THESE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT I THINK CONNECT TO A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT YOU ALL ARE ALREADY ADDRESSING AND ALREADY TAKING A LOOK AT. WAYS THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COULD LEAN INTO THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS. I WANT TO TALK THROUGH JUST A COUPLE.

ONE BEING THE SUMMER LEARNING AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND HOW THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SUPPORTS AFTER SCHOOL LEARNING AS WELL AS SUMMER LEARNING. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE KIND OF WORK YOU ARE DOING CAN MAKE A SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCE IN STUDENTS' LIVES. SO MUCH SO WHERE IN THE CHICAGO STUDY, RESEARCH ALSO FOUND THAT PARTICIPANTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THESE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS WERE NEARLY 50% LESS LIKELY TO FAIL COURSES THAN THOSE WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE.

AND THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GRADUATE. SO QUALITY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERING A MIX OF ENGAGEMENT BUT ALSO ACADEMIC TUTORING AND OPPORTUNITIES HAVE REALLY A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE ON THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS. WE ALSO FOUND IN THE RESEARCH, THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH SERVICES HAVING A REALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON STUDENTS.

IN FACT, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE OF A LOT OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING IN AND AROUND BEXAR COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY UNIVERSITY HEALTH ACTUALLY HAS A SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CLINIC WITH SIX OF OUR AREA ISDS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCE IN ATTENDANCE RATES AND GETTING BACK UP TO PRE-COVID ATTENDANCE RATES FOR OUR STUDENTS. SOME OF THE RESEARCH IN THIS AREA THAT WAS CITED IN THE STUDY ALSO REALLY DROVE HOME THE BENEFIT FOR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BEING A CHOSEN

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LAST THING I'LL STAY ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS AROUND TRANSPORTATION AND A SAFE WALK TO SCHOOL. YOU ALL ARE ALREADY PILOTING SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT WITH VIA TO OFFER FREE BUS PASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

A SIMILAR PROGRAM THAT HAPPENED IN MINNEAPOLIS SAID THAT THE ABSENTEEISM RATES FOR STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM WAS 20% LOWER THAN THEIR PEERS WHO DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THAT YEAR OF PILOT WITH THE VIA PARTNERSHIP DOES. BUT ALSO I DO THINK IN OUR WORKFORCE PARTNERS AND SOME OF THE ONGOING INTERNSHIPS, STUDENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM VOICED A SIGNIFICANT FLEXIBILITY TO ACCESS AFTER-SCHOOL JOBS, INTERNSHIPS, PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY HAD ACCESS TO THOSE FREE BUS PASSES.

SAME THING WITH SAFE WALK TO SCHOOL. JUST THE PRESENCE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEIGHBORS ABSENTEEISM RATES SPECIFICALLY IN ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.

REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK OF DR. KAUR ON REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR QUALITY OF SIDEWALKS, TRAFFIC, CROSSWALKS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR AREA ON THE WAY TO SCHOOLS AS WELL. FOR TIER 2 AND TIER 3 STRATEGIES, THERE ARE A COUPLE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

REALLY FOR SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE TARGETED HOME VISITS.

I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REGULARLY DOING TARGETED HOME VISITS ALREADY BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY GOES BEYOND SCHOOLS, GOING TO THOSE TARGETED HOME VISITS. IT INVOLVES MENTORS, TUTORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAKING CALLS HOME SAYING, HEY, WHY WEREN'T YOU IN SCHOOL TODAY? EVEN FOR STUDENTS MISSING ONE OR TWO DAYS OF SCHOOL CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS AROUND ADDRESSING ASTHMA. BECAUSE OUR CONTINUED DECREASE OF FUNDING AROUND FACILITIES. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT HVAC, VENTILATION SYSTEMS, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR FACILITIES, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE STRUGGLING IN THAT RESPECT. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SUBSTANTIVE FACILITIES INCREASE SINCE 1995 SO ANY WAYS WE CAN PARTNER WITH FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING IN THIS AREA TO HELP VENTILATION SYSTEMS BUT ALSO HELP WITH A LOT OF THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE WE ARE TAKING ON CAN SEE A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE RATES OF STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOL THERE IS A SPECIFIC GUIDE FOR CITIES AND THE WAYS THAT CITIES CAN ACTUALLY LEAN INTO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THIS WAS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ATTENDANCE WORKS AND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.

IF I COULD OFFER MY TWO CENTS, I WOULD RECOMMEND AGAINST CONVENING A TASK FORCE. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF TASK FORCES.

WE CAN PROBABLY GIVE YOU THE REPORT FROM ALL THE TASK FORCES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND ATTENDANCE WORKS HAS COME TO SAN ANTONIO TO DO A LOT OF STUDIES IN THE PAST. WE DO HAVE SOME DATA ON WAYS THAT EVEN SMALL-DOLLAR INVESTMENTS IN PILOT PROGRAMS CAN MAKE A SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF KIDS. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN THIS GUIDE THAT I THINK WAS ALSO SENT TO YOU ALL, IN CASE YOU ALL HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. BUT REALLY, IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING ASPECT OF STUDENT ATTENDANCE, REALLY WHAT WE FOCUS ON THE MOST IS WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO THOSE STUDENTS IN TERMS OF EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES.

THAT'S WHY WE SEE THIS SHOW UP THE MOST IN TESTS, IN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, IN REALLY A SLEW OF EDUCATIONAL METRICS. THE STUDENTS THAT SHOW UP LESS TO SCHOOL AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A NO DUH. BUT EVEN STUDENTS WHO ARE

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I KNOW THIS IS SKIMMING THE SURFACE OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU ALL HAVE A PRETTY BUSY AGENDA AND JUST WANTED AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT ALSO IN YOUR BACKYARDS. IN THE POSTING FOR THIS MEETING, THERE ALSO IS THE ABSENTEEISM RATES WHERE THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE FOR 12 OF OUR ISDS THAT DID NOT HAVE THE MILITARY. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON HOW THE ISDS ARE DOING BOTH PRE AND POST-PANDEMIC, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE.

>> GALVAN: THANK YOU. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE THE LOCAL RATE FOR US TO

REVIEW OR THE BEST PLACE TO LOOK AT THEM. >> THEY'RE IN THERE.

AT THE POSTING OF THE POWERPOINT FOR THE THIS MEETING, SHOULD HAVE THEM ON

THERE. OH, IT'S ON SLIDE 15. >> GALVAN: PERFECT.

>> TA-DA! >> GALVAN: GOOD TO KNOW. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE ATTENDANCE WORKS DID SOME LOCAL WORK HERE ON THE TASK FORCES.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN LOOK AT FROM THERE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

>> I THINK WHAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE MUCH OF A SURPRISE, BUT A LOT OF THE NEED IS AROUND TRANSPORTATION. SO THE FACT THAT YOU ALL ARE ALREADY DOING THAT -- [COUGHING] I'M SO SORRY.

ALLERGIES ARE FUN. THAT YOU ARE ALREADY INVESTING IN THAT.

BUT ALSO THE SAFE WALK TO SCHOOLS. INVESTMENT IS ALREADY HAPPENING IN THOSE RESPECTS. PART OF THE BIGGEST PUSH. THE OTHER THING WAS AROUND -- OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH -- WAS AROUND NOT ONLY THE CITY TRANSPORTATION BUT HOW COULD WE IMPACT THE TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE TWO-MILE RADIUS THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO NOT RECEIVE FUNDING FOR. THERE WERE SOME PILOTS ALSO FOR SMALL BUSES THAT WOULD PICK STUDENTS UP EVEN WITHIN THE AREA NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THAT HAD A SUBSTANTIVE INCREASE. THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS WHAT YOU STOOD FAST BY DURING THE BUDGET SEASON, WHICH WAS FOR OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. AND A LOT OF THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT OUR SCHOOLS REALLY RELY ON. THOSE MAKE HUGE DIFFERENCES IN THE LIVES OF KIDS BECAUSE THOSE ARE FUN THINGS THEY'RE LOOKING GU FORWARD TO AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY SO IT KEEPS THEM ATTENDING THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. I CAN SHOW YOU SOME ADDITIONAL DATA FROM SOME LOCAL PROGRAMS. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE

FACT THAT A LOT OF THOSE DO COST MONEY. >> GALVAN: I APPRECIATE THAT. LOOKING AT THE SLIDES 9 AND 10 WITH SOME OF THE IMPACTS ON ATTENDANCE. I APPRECIATE THE KIND OF DETAIL FOR THE FOCUS IN SEEING HERE ARE THINGS THAT ALIGN WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING ALREADY.

THINGS WE COULD BE MOVING INTO MORE. WE TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT HERE ABOUT DATA AND THE TRACKING OF METRICS AND TRYING TO BUILD THAT SHIP MORE TO LOOK AT THAT MORE. AND MAKE SURE OUR DOLLARS ARE FOLLOWING THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. OF COURSE WITH OUR OWN BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.

IT REMINDS ME OF THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN AND HOW WE HAD THESE BIG ORARCHING GOALS AND BROKE IT DOWN. I WOULD SEE IF STAFF COULD PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER LIKE THAT -- NOT TOMORROW BUT OVER TIME. BUT LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR, UNIVERSITY HEALTH AS WELL AS THE DENTAL CARE, STI PREVENTION. THINGS WE ALSO COME IN ON THE SCHOOL AND OTHER SCHOOLS AS W WELL . TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE, THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS RECEIVING CARE, AND HOW MUCH THAT WOULD MEAN FOR EACH SCHOOL. OF COURSE REQUIRES FOR DATA COLLECTION FROM THE PARTNERS WE'RE WORKING WITH, BUT THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS A WAY WE COULD GET TO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR OUR BUDGETING QUESTIONS.

I THINK IT'S THE SAME QUESTIONS WE ASKED YOU ALL. IF WE MOVE THIS MONEY HERE, WHAT'S THE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE IMPACT OF MOVING THAT AROUND.

THAT'S A LONG-TERM THOUGHT THERE. ANYONE WANT TO START THE

CONVERSATION HERE? COUNCILMAN MUNGIA. >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I REMEMBER IN SCHOOL IT WAS ALWAYS LIKE GET HERE.

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EVEN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, OUR TEACHERS WERE LIKE THIS COUNTS FOR MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL, EVEN BACK THEN. IT'S ALWAYS JUST HAVING THAT.

I'M GLAD YOU HAVE THIS. I JUST LOOKED INTO THIS PACKET THAT YOU HAD HERE ON INCENTIVES. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S TYPICALLY WHERE OUR MIND GOES TO. HOW CAN WE INCENTIVIZE KIDS TO COME TO SCHOOL OR TO HAVE GOOD ATTENDANCE. THERE'S PROS AND CONS OF WHAT THAT COULD MEAN FOR STUDENTS. MY SISTER IS AT NORTHSIDE ISD HIGH SCHOOL AND THEIR INCENTIVE IS IF YOU HAVE GOOD ATTENDANCE YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE FINALS.

WHAT THAT ALSO MEANS IS THERE'S TIMES WHEN SHE'S SICK AND DOES NOT WANT TO MISS SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE THE FINALS. SOUTHWEST, FOR MANY YEARS, PUTS KIDS INTO A LOTTERY SYSTEM FOR A FREE CAR AT THE END OF THE YEAR -- YEAH -- FOR GOOD ATTENDANCE. NORTH PARK TOYOTA . THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP FOR MANY YEARS. WHILE THAT IS A GREAT PROGRAM, OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYBODY DOES IT TO GET INTO THAT PROGRAM. I THINK INCENTIVES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIT AND MISS. I THINK WHAT YOU SAID IS REALLY GOOD ABOUT MAKING THE SCHOOL A PLACE WHERE WE ARE CONVENING THINGS SO IT FEELS NATURAL TO BE AT YOUR SCHOOL, EVEN IF IT'S NOT FOR CLASSROOM REASONS. I THINK ANOTHER WAY, FOR AN EXAMPLE, WALKING. IF THERE WAS A SOUTH SAN ISD STUDENT WHERE I LIVE ON RAY ELLISON AND 410, YOU CANNOT SAFELY WALK TO SOUTH SAN HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HUGE BRIDGE ON MILITARY. THERE'S NO SIDEWALK AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET THERE. I ALSO THINK ABOUT OUR WORK WITH ACS.

I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES THAT KIDS CANNOT WALK DOWN THE BLOCK BECAUSE OF A FEAR OF DOGS OR STRAY ANIMALS. THAT IS CERTAINLY A FEAR.

I THINK COUNCILWOMAN KAUR HAS DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK ON THE BUILD OUR SIDEWALK PROGRAM AND THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET FOLKS THERE. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THAT

BEFORE BUT IT'S A COOL CONCEPT. >> A LOT OF STUDENTS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO LAUNDRY AT HOME OR ADEQUATE CLOTHING WILL OFTEN NOT WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL OR NOT COME TO SCHOOL IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GOING OR THEY SMELL FUNNY OR IF THEY'RE INSECURE ABOUT THAT. SO SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED PROGRAMS THAT ACTUALLY THEY HAVE A CENTRAL LAUNDRY SERVICE FOR STUDENTS IN NEED. OR FOR SOME OF OUR CREDIT RECOVERY SCHOOLS, THERE IS THE ABILITY TO ACCESS NOT ONLY A FOOD BANK BUT ALSO LAUNDRY SERVICES. THIS IS NOT AT EVERY CAMPUS. THIS COULD BE A REALLY SMALL-DOLLAR WAY TO INVEST IN ADDITIONAL FACILITIES OR RESOURCES FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT REALLY COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF KIDS.

SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CAUTIONS THAT A LOT OF THE STUDIES FOUND.

OF COURSE, YOU NEED A ROBUST PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN THEY'RE READY TO SERVICE AND HAVE THE CONNECTION POINTS. MOST OF THEM DO, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE THE CAFETERIA AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE THOSE HOOKUPS.

BUT ALSO WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL FOR THEM TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE LAUNDRY SERVICES FOR THE STUDENTS. A LOT OF TIMES IT COMES ALONG WITH THE CLOSET.

WHERE YOU CAN HAVE ADDITIONAL CLOTHING, JACKET DRIVES, ALONG THOSE LINES.

ABSOLUTELY. IT CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR STUDENTS WHO

DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO LAUNDRY AT HOME. >> MUNGIA: I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF SCHOOLS ARE DOING CLOSETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, CHANGING WEATHER AND ALL. THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO DO THAT.

I THINK THE HOME VISITS, THAT TAKES A LOT OF EXTRA WORK ON THE PART OF DISTRICT STAFF BUT I THINK THAT IS SO HELPFUL AND BENEFICIAL BECAUSE YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT A FAMILY SITUATION OR MAYBE IT'S -- OH, MY GOSH THERE'S THIS DOG THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT AND BITE. I THINK OUR COUNSELORS DO A GREAT JOB WITH THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE. I WENT TO MUNICIPAL COURT A WHILE BACK AND THERE WERE STUDENTS THEY WERE TRYING TO TALK TO HAVING A LOT OF ATTENDANCE ISSUES.

SOMETHING THAT THE JUDGE SAID WAS A LOT OF THESE FOLKS, SOME OF THEM DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE LOW GRADES. SOME OF THEM ARE DOING WELL IN SCHOOL BUT BECAUSE OF ATTENDANCE ISSUES THEY MAY NOT GRADUATE, JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE DAYS MISSED.

>> YEAH. >> MUNGIA: I KNOW SOME OF IT IS PEOPLE NEEDING JOBS FOR THEIR FAMILIES. SOMETIMES IT'S TAKING CARE OF THEIR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS. WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE THERE WAS A GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS VERY, VERY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR GRANDCHILD BECAUSE SHE'S IN FULL CUSTODY OF THE GRANDCHILD BUT THE GRANDMOTHER IS IN HER 80S AND SHE'S FEARFUL IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO HER, THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KID IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF

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CLOSE THAT GAP FOR FOLKS. >> I THINK THE MORE SYSTEMS YOU HAVE THAT ARE INTEROPERABLE CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. FORMER STAFFER AND MYSELF LOOKED AT A LOT OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES. OFTENTIMES THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL RECEIVE INFORMATION ON, SOMETIMES OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS DON'T.

AND VICE VERSA. I DO THINK THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS THAT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS COST DOLLARS BUT MAYBE CAN WE INCREASE ON COMMUNICATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON IN THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS HOW DO WE EXPAND HANDLE WITH CARE PROTOCOLS FOR ALL OF OUR ISDS. ANY STUDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN ANYTHING, LIKE THE PREVIOUS NIGHT -- THAT COULD BE A CAR ACCIDENT BUT IT COULD BE MOM AND DAD INVOLVED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT ALLOWS FOR THE SCHOOL JUST TO KNOW -- NOT TO INVADE PRIVACY -- BUT JUST TO KNOW THAT, HEY, FOR THIS PARTICULAR STUDENT IF THEY FALL ASLEEP IN CLASS, MAYBE JUST LET THEM.

THEY HAD A ROUGH NIGHT. WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. THAT'S A SMALL WAY OF, HEY, MAYBE WE KNOW THERE'S A DOG ISSUE SO IF THIS CHILD IS MAYBE LATE OR THEY ARE PAST 9:30 THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THERE AND HAD AN ISSUE WITH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

OR HOW DO WE REPORT TO YOUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES PEOPLE TO MAKE THAT COMMUNICATION REALLY SOLID. I THINK ONGOING CHECK-INS BETWEEN OUR ISDS AND WE NEED TO GET OUR ISDS TO THE TABLE. I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY THINK THROUGH BETTER WAYS TO DO THAT. AND THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE

YOU ALL NEED. >> MUNGIA: YEAH. ONE SMALL THING, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH SOUTH SAN AND CHANGE A BUS STOP LOCATION.

THE MOTHER WHO WALKED HER CHILDREN, SHE IS LEGALLY BLIND AND THERE WAS A TRAFFIC ISSUE, SIDEWALK ISSUE SO WE WORKED WITH THEM TO MOVE THE STOP TO A MORE CONVENIENT PLACE BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO WALK HER KIDS TO THE BUS.

THOSE SMALL THINGS MAKE A DIFFERENCE. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> GALVAN: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. >> KAUR: THANK YOU, CHAIR.

THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRUANCY AND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND HOW IT PLAYS OUT IN SCHOOLS AND HOW I FEEL LIKE OFTENTIMES BECAUSE WE HAVE A DIRECT OVERSIGHT OVER TRUANCY WE FOCUS MOSTLY ON THAT. TO YOUR POINT, THE DIFFERENCES IN TRUANCY IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS FROM THE STUDY THAT YOU SHARED. THERE'S SOME THINGS ON THERE THAT I DO THINK WE'RE DOING AND ADDRESSING BUT -- THIS GOES BACK TO HOW WE ARE TRACKING TO SEE WHAT IMPACT WE ARE HAVING. FOR FOR EXAMPLE FOR HOUSING INSTABILITY, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT ON THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW PEOPLE MOVING FROM APARTMENT TO APARTMENT, BUT HAVE WE TRACKED TO SEE WHERE WE HAVE DONE, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM THE SHIP, HAVE WE LOOKED AT WHERE WE'VE PUT HOUSING UP NEAR SCHOOLS AND IF THE RATES OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IN THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY'RE CLOSE TO HAVE DECREASED.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT TO PROVE IF WE DO BUILD MORE TWO AND -- LOOK THE AT TWO AND THREE BEDROOMS TWO BECAUSE ONE BEDROOMS ARE NOT FAMILY HOUSING SO IF WE LOOK AT TWO AND THREE BEDROOMS AND SEE THE AMOUNT OF LIHTC, MOSTLY LIHTC, BUT SEE THE AMOUNT OF UNIT WE'RE BUILDING AND WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE NEXT TO IT AND IF THERE'S ANY INCREASE IN CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM WOULD BE AN INTERESTING THING FOR US TO LOOK AT AND SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT TO USE FOR OUR UP COMING HOUSING BOND, WHATEVER IT TURNS OUT TO BE TO SAY THIS COULD BE A PRIORITY AREA FOR THE HOUSING BOND IS DOLLARS RIGHT AROUND SCHOOLS TO ADDRESS THIS. AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S LIKE WE HAVE FINITE RESOURCES AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR DOLLARS IN EVERYTHING. SO I THINK THE WAY WE DIRECT OUR RESOURCES IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO FOR EXAMPLE ON THE SIDEWALKS THING, I KNOW JULIA MENTIONED IT AND THANKS FOR ALSO SAYING IT.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE SAFE PASSAGEWAY TO SCHOOL DASHBOARD AND AT THE NEXT MEETING TO HAVE JERRY ANY SHOW YOU ALL WHAT THEY MADE. BUT ESSENTIALLY YOU COULD LOOK AT THE SCHOOL. ONE THING WE DIDN'T INCLUDE ON THERE WAS ATTENDANCE NUMBERS. WE DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW LIKE ANYTHING BASED ON THE SCHOOL DATA, JUST TO TRY TO GET MORE BUY-IN. SOMETIMES SCHOOLS OFTEN FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ALWAYS BEING PUT ON THE SPOTLIGHT ABOUT HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING.

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I UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S HARD BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ENTIRE CITY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A TARGETED -- WE'RE FOCUSING AROUND SCHOOL MODEL FOR SAFE PASSAGE.

SO I TRIED TO PROPOSE IT FOR THE BOND. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TRACTION WE'LL GET ON THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL CHALLENGES WITH THE BOND, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND LIKE IF YOU GO TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT ISSUES, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BEGINNING -- I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.

SLIDE 5, TO YOUR POINT ON LIKE BEING SICK, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THE TOP TWO, BUT THERE'S MORE THAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THREE THROUGH SIX. AND I THINK EVEN IF WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE A DENT ON THREE TO SIX WE COULD BE HELPING THE OVERALL RATES. I REMEMBER -- MY PAST JOB WAS DOING FINANCIALS, HELPING SUPPORT FINANCIALS FOR EDGEWOOD AND LITERALLY POST COVID ATTENDANCE RATES HAVE NOT RECOVERED AND THAT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTS SCHOOLS' ABILITY TO EDUCATE. SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO GET US -- LIKE I'VE NEVER SEEN NUMBERS IN THE 80S SINCE I WAS AN EDUCATOR AND NOW IT'S LIKE ALL OF OUR INNER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE IN THE 80S.

WE USED TO SEE NUMBERS LIKE 95, 97 AND THOSE ARE VERY RARE NOW.

ANYWAY, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A RANT. SO ALL THAT TO SAY I THINK WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN BRING IT -- I KNOW IT'S LIKE TECHNICALLY Y'ALL DON'T LIKE CROSSING DEPARTMENTS, BUT MAYBE WE CAN GET PUBLIC WORKS TO COME TO THIS COMMITTEE AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE COULD DIRECT DOLLARS FROM YOUR SIDEWALK PROGRAM IN THIS COMING YEAR OR NEXT YEAR TO ACTUALLY RIGHT AROUND SCHOOLS, ONLY AROUND SCHOOLS AND JUST LIKE MAKE THAT THE BIG PRIORITY AND FOCUS. THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT WAS IN YOUR PAGES, LIKE THE BIG THAT COUNCILMEMBER WAS MENTIONING, THERE'S ONE ON MENTORING. WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES AND THAT'S A HOT TOPIC, AND HOW MENTORING AND YOUTH SUPPORT ACTUALLY BUILDS IT ATTENDANCE RATES. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF WE COULD TRACK THE ATTENDANCE RATE OF KIDS THAT ARE BEING FUNDED BY OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES IN COMPARISON TO THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY'RE GOING. WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT. WE USUALLY SAY HOW MANY KIDS ARE YOU SUPPORTING? WHAT ARE THEIR OUTCOMES? WE DON'T TRACK ACROSS ATTENDANCE RATES. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE BIG BROTHERS, BIG CENTERS, THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THAT PROGRAM PROBABLY HAVE HIGHER ATTENDANCE RATES.

THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE TRACK WHICH -- I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE ASKED FOR IT PREVIOUSLY TO DEMONSTRATE IMPACT THERE, IF ATTENDANCE IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO GET BEHIND AS A COMMUNITY. ALSO IT'S NOT SAYING THE SCHOOL -- THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT ATTENDANCE THAT MAKES -- ATTENDANCE IS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO WHAT THE SCHOOL IS DOING. OF COURSE THE SCHOOL CAN DO INCENTIVES AND HOME VISITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S NOT A BLAME GAME. AT LEAST I FEEL LIKE IT'S LESS OF A BLAME GAME THAN STAAR RATINGS, SO IT MIGHT BE A WAY TO SHOW IMPACT FOR OUR PROGRAMS WITHOUT MAKING IT FEEL LIKE WE'RE SHINING TOO MUCH LIGHT ON THE CHALLENGE. YOU GUYS GET WHAT I'M SAYING?

>> I WOULD SAY THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH [INDISCERNIBLE], THEY ARE WORKING IN A PARTNERSHIP CALLED PURPLE SENSE AND PART OF THAT IS HELPING DO A LOT OF THAT TRACKING. SO HOW ARE THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS REALLY IMPACTING ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, ONE OF THE TOP ONES IS ATTENDANCE. I DO THINK FOR AT LEAST THOSE PARTNER DISTRICTS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO START LOOKING AT HOW THOSE DELEGATE AGENCIES ARE IMPACTING STUDENTS. SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PULL THAT SOONER THAN LATER.

>> KAUR: THAT WOULD BE AWESOME TO SEE. AND THE ONLY OTHER QUICK ONES THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE WALKING SCHOOL BUS.

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YOU WILL PROBABLY GET LESS BUY-IN WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT SOME CONCERTED WAY TO HELP THAT.

THE LAST THING THERE'S OBVIOUSLY ISSUES WITH IMMIGRATION AND MENTAL HEALTH. BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE I FEEL LIKE REALLY BIG CHALLENGES. I HAVE SEEN OUR YOUTH TALK MORE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THAT, AND WE'RE WORKING ON A PILOT IN PUBLIC SAFETY TO WORK WITH SEVERAL SCHOOLS AROUND THE HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL KIDS. SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF THAT HELPS AT ALL WITH ATTENDANCE. GOING BACK TO FINDING A METRIC THAT WE CAN TRACK FOR SEVERAL OF OUR PROGRAMS TO SAY THIS IS -- ALTHOUGH WE'RE DOING THAT TO SUPPORT INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, DOES THAT ALSO HELP WITH SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND ATTENDANCE? AND THEN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS JUST SO TRAGIC AND I WONDER IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN -- I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GOOD TRACKING FOR THAT, BUT JUST TRYING TO SEE --E ALL THOSE FACTORS OVERLAY, BUT JUST CURIOUS TO SEE IF MAYBE AS THINGS CHANGE HOPEFULLY IF THAT GOES UP. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD IDEA ON THAT.

JUST TO FLAG. THANKS CHAIR. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

LAST WEEK I MET WITH A SCHOOL TRUSTEE AND WHAT HE MENTIONED IS CONCERNS AROUND ABSENTEEISM. AND I ASKED WHAT HE BELIEVES --G AN INCREASE.

I ASKED THE TRANSPORTATION. I KNOW WE HAVE A VERY FLEXIBLE BUS SYSTEM BUT HE DID SHARE THAT THE HEAVY ICE PRESENCE IN HIS COMMUNITY IS LIKELY THE FACTOR TO WHY THEY'RE SEEING A DECREASE IN STUDENT INCREASE. I WOULD SUPPORT PUBLIC WORKS COMING TO THE COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF SIDEWALKS AROUND SCHOOLS.

I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT STREETS. THERE'S JT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON IT, BUT IT OVERLAPS WITH UTILITIES, SO ON AND SO FORTH. THERE ARE TWO SIDEWALKS, BUT LOTS OF POTHOLES.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THE KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL YOU SEE THEM AVOID TRYING TO GET SPLASHED. I'M SURE SOME KIDS WILL TAKE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE THAT MAY TAKE LONGER OR CAUSE THEM TO BE TARDY.

AND I APPRECIATE THE BREAKDOWN IN TERMS OF THE TIERED APPROACH IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING. I WAS CURIOUS IN TERMS OF INCENTIVES.

WHAT ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN HELP SUPPORT INCREASED SCHOOL ATTENDANCE? I'M THINKING ABOUT WE'RE WORKING WITH A TEACHER AT JT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM, SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO IN SUPPORTING THAT PILOT PROGRAM, BUT INTERNALLY WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION LIKE IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CHILD, RIGHT, SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE, OKAY, NOW YOU'LL HAVE THE STUDENT TO RECEIVE AN INCENTIVE, BUT MOM OR DAD MAY NOT BE WAKING UP ON TIME OR MAKING IT A PRIORITY TO BRING THE CHILD TO SCHOOL AND NOW THAT CHILD WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM A POTENTIAL INCENTIVE. NAVIGATING THAT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S NOT A PERFECT SOLUTION OR ONE-THING FITS ALL, BUT I'M CURIOUS WITH THE AMOUNT OF TASK FORCE AND COMMITTEES, IS THERE AN INCENTIVE THAT

HAS JUST SHOWN THE GREATER INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE. >> WE SEE FROM A LOT OF INCENTIVES LIKE THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO, EVEN THE CERTIFICATES OR PARTIES THAT RESULT AS HAVING PERFECT ATTENDANCE OFTEN WILL HAVE AN INCREASE OF INCREASING ATTENDANCE RATES DURING THAT INCENTIVE TIME. SO I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF A SUBSTANTIVE INVESTMENT IN THE OVERALL EDUCATION SYSTEM. ARE THOSE SYSTEMS ONGOING, CONSTANT AND CONSISTENT. THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE, SAY, THE ATTENDANCE INCREASE DURING THAT INCENTIVE AND THEN DROP OFF IMMEDIATELY AFTER.

AND SO WE DO SEE SOME IMPACTFUL INCENTIVES BUT I THINK YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FOR MORE SUBSTANTIVE AND LASTING. SO I COULD POINT TO A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, THE ZOO, A LOT OF THE MUSEUMS ARE A GREAT RESOURCE AROUND THAT.

WE'VE GOT BELOW GLOW PARTIES. THE SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION IS DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH LITERACY AND THAT HAS INCREASED SOME RESULTS AROUND ATTENDANCE AND ENGAGEMENT, BUT I WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND BROOKE

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AND SO THAT REALLY IS THOSE ROBUST AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT ALSO LOOKS AT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WITHIN SCHOOLS. SO FINE ARTS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF IF WE CAN INCREASE THE ACCESS TO ARTS, IF WE CAN INCREASE THE EXPLORATION TO ARTS, THE ABILITY TO ACCESS A MUSIC TEACHER, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ALSO TENDS TO SHOW AN INCREASE OF ATTENDANCE, NOT JUST FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME FOR THAT INCENTIVE, BUT OVERALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. DELL VIEW MUSIC IS DOING GREAT WORK IN LEANING INTO ARNOLD ELEMENTARY AND SOME OTHER ELEMENTARIES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE WASN'T A DEDICATED MUSIC TEACHER FOR AWHILE THERE.

I BELIEVE THEY HAVE ONE NOW. BUT THAT HAS SHOWN TO REALLY GET STUDENTS REENGAGED IN THE PROGRAM. THANKS THAT ARE JUDGED TO BE THE FUN STUFF THAT IS REALLY OFTEN THE THING THAT DRIVES STUDENTS TO SCHOOL. SO MARIACHI, MARCHING BAND, BUT ALSO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, FOOTBALL, SOCCER, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT CAN LEAN IN, THINGS THAT MAKE REALLY HAVING THAT KIND OF CENTRAL AREA OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THAT HAS SHOWN TO REALLY INCREASE A LOT OF THE ATTENDANCE AND KEEP THAT ATTENDANCE LEVEL UP OVER TIME. I WISH I COULD POINT TO A PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

I WILL GO BACK TO OUR DISTRICTS AND MAKE SURE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST CAN SPARK, TO YOUR POINT AROUND INCENTIVES, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE DOING CURRENTLY, BUT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO. AND I KNOW DR. KAUR BROUGHT UP THE PHYSICAL REASON.

I WOULD ALSO EMPHASIZE THAT ON SLIDE 6 WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT STUDENTS WHO ARE MISSING MORE THAN ONE DAY, THIS ALSO DRIVES HOME THE POINT OF YOU ALL CANNOT ONLY IMPACT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, ET CETERA. AND MAYBE THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITY HEALTH YOU CAN DO SOMETHING WITH PHYSICAL CARE, BUT A LOT OF THE THINGS YOU ARE OVER, YOU CAN IMPACT THE STUDENTS THAT ARE HAVING MULTIPLE DAYS OF MISSING SCHOOL. SO THAT TRANSPORTATION ISSUE, THOSE STUDENTS MISS ON AVERAGE SEVEN DAYS. TAKING CARE OF YOUNGER SIBLINGS. IF WE'RE REALLY ADDRESSING THE EARLY CHILDHOOD AND CHILD CARE ISSUES, THOSE STUDENTS ARE MISSING 11-PLUS DAYS.

MENTAL HEALTH, REBECCA AND HER TEAM ARE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH HEALTH SURVEY. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE SCHOOL SAFETY SUMMIT ON OCTOBER 30TH WHERE THEY'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU OR YOUR STAFF ATTENDING THAT. THAT I THINK WILL GIVE MORE EXAMPLES OF WAYS TO GET STUDENTS TO SCHOOL, INCENTIVE AND ALSO

ENGAGEMENT. >> CASTILLO: I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EMPHASIS AND THE POINT OF THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND HOW THAT'S THE INCENTIVE TO GET A STUDENT TO WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL. I'M CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE ALSO SEEN A TREND WITH CAREER TECHNICAL TRAINING SCHOOLS OR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE CTE VERSUS THOSE THAT MAY NOT. AGAIN, I'M THINKING ABOUT SOMERSET ISD AND HOW IT WAS SHARED THAT THEIR ATTENDANCE IS GREAT. THEY'RE ONLY ONE OF THE FEW A RATED SCHOOLS IN BEXAR COUNTY, BUT THEY HAVE A REALLY ROBUST TRAINING PROGRAM. I'M CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE DATA THAT COOPERATES THAT'S THE CASE ACROSS-THE-BOARD WHERE THERE ARE THESE TECHNICAL PROGRAMS THAT WE SEE AN INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE OR IS IT SOMERSET IS ROCKING AND ROLLING AND DOING A GREAT

JOB? >> SOMERSET IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU REALLY HAVE A COMMUNITY LEAN IN: THEY'RE IN A DIFFERENT SETTING THAN A LOT OF OUR URBAN CENTER SCHOOLS AND SO THERE'S A KIND OF DIFFERENT SET OF RESOURCES THAT I THINK SOMERSET HAS ACCESS TO THAT OFTEN TIMES SOME OF OUR INTERNAL URBAN CENTER SCHOOLS DON'T ALWAYS. I WOULD SAY -- I WOULD POINT TO MAYBE -- THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY ACROSS-THE-BOARD IN TERMS OF DATA, BUT IT GIVES US A RECENT EXAMPLE OF CTE CONNECTED TO ATTENDANCE AND ENGAGEMENT AROUND HARLANDALE. SO HARLANDALE, AND THANK YOU TO ALL WHO WERE ABLE TO JOIN THE TOUR. WE WOULD LOVE TO DO ANOTHER ONE FOR THEIR CAROL BELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER, REALLY OPENED UP I BELIEVE 10 PATHWAYS TO CAREERS, INCLUDING MEDICAL, MOST COT TICK, KUHL -- COSMETIC, CULINARY, WELDING. I WON'T NAME THEM ALL. THAT INCREASED ATTENDANCE BECAUSE STUDENTS HAVE TO MAINTAIN ATTENDANCE IN THEIR CORE COURSES IN ADDITION TO ACCESS THESE FUNNER COURSES IN THE STUDENTS' WORDS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO MAINTAIN

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SORRY COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. I DON'T THINK STUDENTS ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO -- WHAT'S THAT? NOBODY'S COMING BACK TO SCHOOL FOR THEIR MATH TEACHER, RIGHT? MAYBE SOME ARE.

NOT TO KNOCK THE NERDS. I'M A NERD. BUT MOST STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE SERVING THEM OR A LOT OF STUDENTS AFTER COVID WERE COMING BACK FOR THEIR CTE TEACHER, WERE COMING BACK FOR THEIR MUSIC TEACHER, COMING BACK TO BE PART OF THEIR SPORTS TEAM, THAT WAS WHAT WAS MOTIVATING THEM TO COME AND HAVE THAT SENSE OF BELONGING. I THINK THAT ALSO GOES ALONG WITH THE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GO AND WE SEE THAT TURN UP TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITH STUDENTS NOT HAVING THAT SENSE OF BELONGING. SO AGAIN, LONG-WINDED WAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT WE DO HAVE AT LEAST THAT INITIAL EXAMPLE IN HARLANDALE REALLY INCREASING AND TURNING AROUND THE ABILITY OF CTE PROGRAMS

HELPING WITH THEIR OVERALL ATTENDANCE RATE. >> CASTILLO: I HAVE TO SHOUT-OUT MY SEVENTH GRADE MATH TEACHER. SO MANY OF THE WARMUPS WE GOT OUR NINE-WEEK TEST WAIVED FOR AN A. I WAS SURE TO SHOW UP

BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THAT TEST. >> FAIR ENOUGH, YEAH.

>> CASTILLO: I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE AND THINKING ABOUT CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH CONSTITUENTS AND NAVIGATING BEHAVIORAL ISSUES AND/OR BULLYING, AND THAT MAY BE THE REASON WHY THEIR CHILD WON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL OR THE ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE AT SCHOOL. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE VALUE OF BIG MAMA'S SAFE HOUSE, SEVENTH GRADE COUNSELOR AT RHODES MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN IT WAS OPEN, SHE CAME TO OUR OPEN OFFICE HOURS TO SAY I'M SEEING THIS TREND OF YOUTH VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND KIDS NOT COMING TO SCHOOL OR COMING TO SCHOOL JUST AGITATED.

I NOTICED THAT THE EASTSIDE HAS BIG MAMA'S SAFE HOUSE. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I KNOW IT IS NOW ON THE WESTSIDE AND I HAVE TO SAY I ADVOCATED BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, BUT ALSO THE COUNSELOR CAME TO OUR OFFICE AND SAID CAN WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS? I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOLKS THAT ARE -- YOUTH THAT MAY NOT WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF AN ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE AND/OR CONFLICT.

PUBLIC SAFETY AROUND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING ON HOW TO DEESCALATE AND PEER MEDICATION, SO ON AND SO FORTH. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE PROGRAMS AS WELL. THANK YOU, JULIA, THANK YOU, CHAIR.

>> GALVAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH THEM AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. [INDISCERNIBLE].

ONE THING IN MY HEAD AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT PRETTY FREQUENTLY IN GENERAL. IN THE DOCUMENT FROM ATTENDANCE WORKS -- I'M NOT SURE WHICH PAGE THIS IS. IT'S 65. DEEPER INTO IT -- IT MENTIONS AT THE STATE LEVEL [INDISCERNIBLE], BUT CHILDREN'S CABINET WHERE WE LOOK AT INNER AGENCIES AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WHO DO A LOT OF THIS WORK THAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE. I KNOW WE'VE HAD PRESENTATIONS HERE ON LARGE SCALE THINGS AND HOW THE LIBRARY WORKS WITH PARKS ON THESE THINGS, BUT WONDERING HOW -- MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS THOSE WHO DO THIS WORK. HOW CAN WE BUILD THAT COMMUNICATION WITH ISDS BY MAKING A POINT FOR AGENCIES TO GO TO. EVERY TIME I GET ASKED TO GO TO A SCHOOL AND TALK TO STAFF, I MENTION ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WE HAVE AND SOME FOLKS KNOW, SOME FOLKS DON'T KNOW, SOME FOLKS DON'T KNOW WHERE TO FIND THOSE THINGS. IT'S NOT ONLY PROBLEMS HERE, BUT IT HELPS NOT ONLY BUILD TRUST WITH THE STAFF, BUT ALSO THE DISTRICT STAFF AS WELL OF WHO TO GO TO.

SO WE CAN BUILD THOSE CONNECTIONS THERE ALL THROUGHOUT FOR THE SOLE FOCUS OF HELPING ADDRESS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY GAPS HERE.

EVEN IF EVERY YEAR IN THE SUMMER AND BEFORE SCHOOL AS FAR AS WE ARE ABLE TO SEND OUT TO OUR PARTNERS SCHOOLS IF WE START THERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND SCALE UP FROM THERE. SO THAT INFORMATION GETS SHARED TO PARENTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. IT WORKS FOR BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS EFFECTIVELY.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD HELP TO CREATE THESE KIND OF --O MARIA'S DEPARTMENT AND HOW THEY WORK. HOW THEY COORDINATE. THERE'S A MAIN FOCUS TO SAY THIS PARTICULAR IS FOCUSING ON THIS EXACT ISSUE, THIS COLLABORATION.

WE STILL NEED PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS TO DO THE ACTUAL PROGRAM.

WE ALSO NEED TO SEND COMMUNICATORS OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

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THINKING ABOUT THE BREAKOUT OF DATA FRANKLY ON TRUANCY AND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, BIGGEST THING THERE THAT MY TEAM AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AND OTHERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT ON THE HEALTH ASPECT, I WAS A CHRONIC ABSENTEER WITH MY ASTHMA.

21 DAYS MISSED IN KINDERGARTEN. THERE WAS A RISK OF TRUANCY.

SO MY FAMILY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IT, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

IT MADE A LOT OF FEAR TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THAT PROCESS, BUT I ALSO HAD TO TAKE CARE OF MY HEALTH. AND WHEN YOU PARTICULARLY TALK ABOUT ASTHMA, VERY HARD

TO FOCUS WHEN YOU CAN'T BREATHE. >> RIGHT.

>> GALVAN: IT JUST IS. ALL THAT BEING SAID, IT'S INTERESTING HOW OUR CITY AND PARTNERS WORKING WITH THIS, OUR ISDS, HOW WE EXTRAPOLATE THE DATA AND WE'RE SEEING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM HERE AND HOW DOES THIS HELP? I THINK THAT IS A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION OF SAYING HALF THE STUDENTS AREN'T HERE. WELL, HALF THE STUDENTS ARE SICK. THAT'S NOT FOR ALL OF THIS CONVERSATION.

I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT. I KNOW IT'S A STATE CONVERSATION THERE, HOW THEY TRACK THE DATA. IF WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT ON OUR PART THAT WE'RE USING OUR RESOURCES WHERE WE NEED TO.

I THINK THAT COUNCILMEMBER KAUR'S POINT, WE COULD SAY LET'S BREAK IT OUT AND SEE

HOW WE CAN HELP. >> I WOULD RECOMMEND REACHING OUT TO UNIVERSITY HEALTH. THEY ACTUALLY DO HAVE AT LEAST FOR THEIR SCHOOL HAD BEEN BASED CLINICS THEY HAVE HIGH LEVEL DISAGGREGATED DATA FOR WHERE STUDENTS ARE VISITING THEIR CLINICS. SO WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE -- I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW WE CAN DISAGGREGATE ATTENDANCE REASONS FOR OUR ISDS, BUT I DO THINK UNIVERSITY HEALTH HAS A WEALTH OF DATA ON WHY STUDENTS ARE VISITING THEIR CLINICS. THAT MIGHT BE AN INITIAL STARTING POINT TO GET SOME

OF THAT DATA THAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR. >> GALVAN: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK WE'LL SHARE NOTES A BIT BETWEEN JUSTINA AND MYSELF AS WELL AS ALEX AND FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR SOME OF THESE BIGGER ONES. I WON'T GO INTO ALL OF MY QUESTIONS OF MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IF WE CAN TALK TO -- [INDISCERNIBLE]. BUT TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE OR PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I THINK EACH OF US HAVE SHARED ON THIS DAIS AND WITH EACH OTHER ON HOW SOME FOLKS IN HARLANDALE HAVE BETTER IS THERE, TO BRING THEM OR THEIR STAFF TO THE TABLE WHEN IT COMES TO THIS DATA CONVERSATION. I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH FOLKS AT NORTHSIDE ABOUT IT AND THEY LOOKED AT HOW THEY COULD COME TO THE TABLE WITHOUT IT BEING TOO MUCH OF A SPOTLIGHT ON THEM. SO I THINK IF WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT AS A GROUP HERE, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET.

YOU HAVE DEEP RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS I DON'T HAVE.

ANYWAY, THAT COULD HELP OUR TEAM USE THE DATA COLLECTION THAT I KNOW WE ALWAYS ASK YOU TO DO. IT'S A LOT. I'LL STOP THERE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS PRESENTATION? OKAY.

WE HAVE ONE MORE TO GO AND IT WILL BE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THIS ONE EXACT FOCUS, THE AFTER SCHOOL CHALLENGE PROGRAM. THANK YOU, JULIA.

>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR GALLON VAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M -- GALVAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS ITEM WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE AFTER SCHOOL CHALLENGE PROGRAM. SO THE AFTER SCHOOL CHALLENGE PROGRAM BEGAN AS A PARKS AND RECREATION INITIATIVE MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO. PARKS DIRECTLY OPERATED THE PROGRAM IN SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITIES HIRING HUNDREDS OF PART-TIME EMPLOYEES YOU EVERY YEAR TO DO THAT SEASONAL WORK. IN 22 IT MOVED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND WE TRANSITIONED FROM DIRECT SERVICE TO A CONTRACTUAL MODEL FUNDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DIRECTLY THROUGH INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS.

WE GIVE DISTRICTS THE OPTIONS OF RUNNING THEIR OWN PROGRAM OR CONTRACTING TO NON-PROFITS TO RUN THE PROGRAM FOR THEM. OUR CONTRACTS DO REQUIRE EXTENDED DAY PROGRAMMING FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AGES FIVE THROUGH 12, INCLUDING RECREATION, TUTORING AND STUDY TIME. WHILE ALLOWING DISTRICTS THE FLEXIBILITY TO DESIGN THEIR OWN CURRICULUM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS AT EVERY CAMPUS. SO FOUR DISTRICTS, EDGEWOOD, HARLANDALE, SAN ANTONIO ISD AND SOUTHWEST ISD RECEIVE FUNDING THROUGH THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING POOL, WHICH IS THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. ALL FOUR DISTRICTS HAVE A

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WE ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING AND VALIDATING THE FISCAL YEAR '26 DATA FROM THE DISTRICTS THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR -- OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

6176 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE FOUR DISTRICTS AND THE DATA ON GRADE LEVEL PROGRESSION, READING SCORES AND ATTENDANCE ARE PROVIDED ONCE PER YEAR AND WE WILL HAVE THAT REPORT FINISHED AND POSTED ONLINE IN NOVEMBER.

FISCAL YEAR '25 REPORT SHOWS THAT OF THE 6200 OR SO STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN CHALLENGE, 90% WERE PROMOTED TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL. 74% ACHIEVED A C OR BETTER IN READING. 66% PASSED THE READING PORTION OF THE STATE STAAR TESTING, AND 80% WERE NOT CHRONICALLY AN ABSENT. IT WAS REPORTED THEY SAW A 24% CHRONIC ABSENTEE RATE ACROSS THEIR SCHOOLS AND UP TO 15% -- 50% IN SOME SPECIFIC SCHOOLS. SO AS WE LOOK AT THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IN 2024 OF 19%, SAN ANTONIO WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. AS JULIA HIGHLIGHTED IN HER PRESENTATION, CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS A PREDICTOR OF SCHOOL SUCCESS AND SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT. SO I'LL TALK MORE LATER ABOUT HOW WE ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY FUNDERS TO ALIGN OUT OF SCHOOL TIME METRICS FOR THESE PROGRAMS. SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2027 THE ADOPTED BUDGET DOES INCLUDE 22.1 MILLION FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. SCHOOL DISTRICTS CONSIDERED -- ARE CONSIDERED DESIGNATED AGENCIES AND DO NOT APPLY BASED ON INCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. WE ESTIMATE THAT THIS FEE WILL GENERATE AROUND $336,000 THIS YEAR, WHICH GOES BACK TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. THE AVERAGE PER CHILD COST IS ABOUT -- COMES OUT TO BE ABOUT 105 WHEN YOU AVERAGE THE LOWER RATE WITH THE HIGHER RATE.

SO IN ADDITION TO AFTER SCHOOL CHALLENGE, HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTS OVER 2 MILLION TO NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY AGENCIES FOR OUT OF SCHOOL TIME SERVICES.

FOR CHILDREN ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, AND THESE INCLUDE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, YMCA, GIRL SCOUTS, GIRLS INC., AND THERE'S A HOST OF AGENCIES, PARKS AND RECREATION ALSO PROVIDE STRUCTURED AND OPEN PLAY PROGRAMS IN THEIR FACILITIES FOR YOUTH AFTER SCHOOL AND DURING HOLIDAY BREAKS. AND LIBRARIES ARE OFTEN USED AS AFTER SCHOOL SITES. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FISCAL YEAR '27 BUDGET BY DISTRICT.

SAN ANTONIO IS -- ISD IS THE LARGEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 THEIR BUDGET IS 1.4 MILLION AND SERVES 75 CAMPUSES WITH A PROJECTED ENROLLMENT OF OVER 3800 STUDENTS THIS FISCAL YEAR. HARLANDALE'S ALLOCATION SERVES 13 CAMPUSES WITH A PROJECTED ENROLLMENT OF ABOUT 1,000 STUDENTS THIS YEAR.

EDGEWOOD RECEIVES 195,000 TO SERVE EIGHT CAMPUSES AND IS ESTIMATED THEY'LL SERVE ABOUT 600 STUDENTS THIS YEAR. AND SOUTHWEST ISD'S ALLOCATION OF 139,900, WHICH DOES INCLUDE $50,000 THAT WAS ADDED AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT, THEY WILL SERVE EIGHT CAMPUSES AND APPROXIMATELY 483 STUDENTS.

SO I MENTIONED EARLIER, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, HUMAN SERVICES HAS BEEN WORKING WITH LOCAL FUNDERS TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE DATA AND REPORTING WE

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AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH UNITED WAY PARTNERSHIP AND THE AREA FOUNDATION TO DEVELOP COMMON METRICS FOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT ARE ADMINISTERED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND NON-PROFITS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. THE GOAL IS FOR THE CITY AND OTHER LOCAL FUNDERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AGGREGATED DATA AND TO SHOW HOW THESE INVESTMENTS IN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING IMPACTS STUDENT LEARNING AND ATTENDANCE.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SAW EARLIER THE METRICS WE COLLECT FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE CHALLENGE PROGRAM, WE KNOW THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE MORE INSIGHTFUL IF WE HAD DATA TO COMPARE CHALLENGE STUDENT PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO NON-CHALLENGE STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE OR ALL STUDENTS IN A SCHOOL. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THIS SORT OF OUTCOMES WE'RE WORKING TO GET TO. FOR NEXT STEPS FOR FISCAL YEAR '27 FUNDING INVESTMENTS IN THE AFTER SCHOOL CHALLENGE PROGRAM, WE WANT THEM TO ALIGN WITH PARKS AND RECREATION OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS AND OTHER CITY OF SAN ANTONIO YOUTH INVESTMENT AND CONTRIBUTE TO GRADE PROGRESSION, IMPROVED READING AND STRONG ATTENDANCE. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2028 WE WILL EVALUATE CITY INVESTMENTS AND LEVERAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT INVESTMENTS TO WORK TOWARDS STANDARDIZING THE TOTAL PROGRAM FUNDING AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS' SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS. ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE, HOURS AND DAYS OF SERVICE, AND METRICS ACROSS OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY

PRESENTATION, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU, MELODY. REALLY QUICK I FORGOT TO MENTION FROM THE LAST ITEM, I DON'T WANT TO MESS UP, SO I APOLOGIZE. I WAS GOING TO ASK IF WE COULD UTILIZE THE YOUTH COMMISSION, HELP DO SOME SERVICE FOR OUR LOCAL ATTENDANCE CONCERNS HERE. I THINK AS WE LOOK AT SOME MORE DATA ON ATTENDANCE ISSUES, IF THE COMMISSION CAN BE HELPFUL WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ENGAGE WHERE WE CAN HELP ON THAT. I WANTED TO SAY THAT BEFORE I FORGOT.

ON THIS ONE REALLY QUICKLY, I WAS GOING TO ASK SOMETHING REALLY FAST.

OH, ON SLIDE FIVE FOR THIS PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU, MELODY, FOR IT, ARE THESE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS RELATIVE TO THE ENROLLMENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND LIKE ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS? I'M ASKING BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DECLINE IN TERMS OF NUMBERS FOR HARLANDALE, EDGEWOOD AND EVEN SOUTHWEST.

THEY'RE SMALLER ISDS THAN THE OTHER ONE. SO IS ALL THIS RELATIVE OR

ARE THERE GAPS IN THE PRESENTATION IN SOME FORM? >> IT'S SOMEWHAT RELATIVE.

IT'S RELATIVE IN THE SENSE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TELL US THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT THEY'LL SERVE WITH THE FUNDING. SO THE LIMITATION PROBABLY IS MORE THE BUDGET THAN THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL OR THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION.

BUT MANY OF THE SCHOOLS ALSO HAVE OTHER SOURCES THAT THEY PUT INTO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. AND WHEN I TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO BE -- IMPROVE CONSISTENCY, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO DIVE INTO IS WHAT ARE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS LEVERAGING BESIDES CITY FUNDING? WHETHER IT'S FEDERAL, 21ST CENTURY OR OTHER PROGRAMS. AT THE SAME TIME THERE'S

BEEN A DECREASE IN 21ST CENTURY. >> GALVAN: I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED THAT FULLY FOR MY OWN SAKE. IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT,

THAT'S GREAT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SEE HOW IT'S ALIGNED. >> WE'LL PROVIDE AS

FOLLOW-UP. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. ANYONE WANT TO START THIS

CONVERSATION? COUNCILMAN MUNGIA? >> MUNGIA: I WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR HELPING SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR SOUTHWEST ISD. I THINK THAT GOES TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN GALVAN BECAUSE LAST FISCAL YEAR THEY BROUGHT IT UP WE WERE ABLE TO HELP IN THE DISTRICT BUDGET. THIS LAST YEAR WE THEY HAD LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE SAME ALLOCATION PROPOSED LAST YEAR, AND WE WILL SEE A CERTAIN IS NUMBER OF STUDENTS DROP OFF WHO WERE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM COME BACK AND WE HAVE TO TELL THEM WE CAN'T DO THAT. LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE 50K AND FUND ALL THE SLOTS FOR THE STUDENTS. IT'S A BUDGET ISSUE. SOUTHWEST, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE FUNDED UP TO 200,000 IF THEY COULD ALSO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF SLOTS THAT THEY CAN DO. SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT.

I THINK SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- I THINK SOUTH SAN USED TO BE PART OF THIS AND I THINK THAT'S THE PROGRAM THEY SAID ACTUALLY WE WOULD RATHER DO OUR OWN THING AND WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. AND FOR THEM IT WAS THE FEE.

SO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO ASK PARENTS TO PAY THE FEE SO THEY FELT THEY COULD DO IT

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SUPPORT THE PROGRAM. >> YES. IT HELPS -- IT USED TO BE WHEN PARKS WAS OPERATING, FIVE DOLLARS FOR SLIDES. THROUGH THE PARKS SUMMER CHALLENGE AND THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM IT WAS DETERMINED TO DO SOME NOMINAL FEE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS SHOWN NATIONALLY IN RESEARCH IS THAT PAYING A LITTLE BIT HELPS BUY-IN TO THE PROGRAM, IMPROVE ATTENDANCE.

BUT IT WAS ALSO A WAY FOR THE CITY TO RECOVER SOME REVENUE.

ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT CLOSE TO WHAT -- >> MUNGIA: ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK IN THE YEARS WHEN OUR BUDGET SITUATION GETS A LITTLE BIT BETTER WE CAN REVISIT THAT AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THAT 336,000 WE CONSIDER THAT AN INVESTMENT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO RECOUP SOME OF THE MONEY FOR THE 2.1-MILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET.

I DO THINK IT'S WORTH KEEPING THIS PROGRAM AND SEEING HOW WE CAN DO MORE, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT THAT'S REALLY NEEDED.

AND I THINK AREAS LIKE SOUTHWEST WHERE THERE'S PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE MORE RURAL THAN URBAN, THEY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH ON THE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

THEY'RE BASED IN LADLE AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PROGRAMS AND PARKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN SCHOOL THERE. AND ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WHERE OUR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH NUMBERS ARE HIGH, I THINK THIS PROGRAM COULD BE REALLY GOOD IN THOSE AREAS OF TOWN WHERE WE ARE SEEING THOSE NUMBERS.

NIX YEAR WE CAN TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT HOW DO WE BUILD IN THAT EXTRA 50K TO SOUTHWEST BECAUSE IT'S THE SECOND YEAR WE'VE DONE THE ALLOCATION AND I THINK THEY'VE PROVEN THEY HAVE THE STUDENTS AND THEY HAVE THE NEED. IF THERE'S A WAY TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NOT A CONTINUOUS AMENDMENT TO HAVE TO BE MADE I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL. I KNOW THE BUDGET IS WHAT IT IS, BUT IF WE CAN WORK ON

THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> WILL DO, THANK YOU.

>> GALVAN: THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS?

COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I'LL BE BRIEF. IN TERMS OF THE AFTER SCHOOL CHALLENGE PROGRAMS, WOULD YOUR TEAM BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LIST BY SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE TYPE OF PROGRAMMING THAT'S BEING OFFERED AS WELL AS THE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE PER PROGRAM?

>> >> YES. >> CASTILLO: THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MELODY.

>> MUNGIA: GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER KAUR AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER

MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, CHAIR.

AND JUST CLARIFYING ON SLIDE 4, PLEASE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT -- SORT OF PIGGYBACKING OFF OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA SAID ABOUT THE $336,000 IN FEES THAT WE ARE RECOUPING. FOR 185% BELOW FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, CAN YOU I GUESS MAKE THAT CLEARER WHAT THE 185 PERCENT BELOW AND 185% ABOVE?

>> PROBABLY 50,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: SO I

GUESS IT'S BELOW 185% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL? >> RIGHT.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: AND THAT'S ABOUT 50K? >> RIGHT.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: I GUESS I'D BE INTERESTED -- WAS IT DHS BUDGET?

>> YES. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: I JUST WONDER IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS IF WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE AND LOOK AT THIS AS AN INVESTMENT, AS COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA SAID, HOW MUCH ARE WE GETTING FROM THAT 336,000? COULD WE JUST FOREGO THAT AND WHAT IS THE -- WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACTS OF THAT? I UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW $336,000 IS NOT A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN -- WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET CUTS AND CUTTING POSITIONS.

IF THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PRESERVING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND IF WE'RE PRESERVING PROGRAMS, THEN WE'VE GOT TO DO WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO. AND IF IT'S A SMALL FEE MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WAIVERS FOR THOSE WHO ARE MAYBE A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN ON THE POVERTY LEVEL TO WHERE MAYBE THOSE FEES ARE FIVE, $10 ANNUALLY VERSUS WAIVING THEM ENTIRELY.

OR WAIVED ENTIRELY. >> AND WE DO WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHEN THERE'S CASES, CASE BY CASE, WHEN THERE'S INSTANCES OF A FAMILY THAT MAYBE STARTED THE FIRST SEMESTER AND WAS ABLE TO DO IT, BUT DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THE

SECOND PART. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: I JUST WORRY SOMETIMES THAT THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT INTERNALLY WE'RE WILLING TO DO AND THAT WE'RE DOWN TO WAIVE FEES, BUT IF THERE'S NOT A FORMAL PROCESS IN PLACE THEN FOLKS DON'T KNOW

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IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN FORMALLY BAKE IN OR IF THERE'S -- I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

>> GALVAN: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. >> KAUR: THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR LEADING THIS WORK. SLIDE 3 WAS SURPRISING TO ME AND I CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE METRICS. I'M NOT SURE WHY LIKE 90% OF STUDENTS, ONLY 90% OF STUDENTS ARE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL.

HOW IS THAT EVEN TRUE? >> THIS IS WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REPORTING TO US. WE DO VALIDATE THE INFORMATION.

>> KAUR: IS THAT LIKE FIFTH GRADE GOING TO SIXTH GRADE?

DOES THAT MEAN THAT 10% OF THESE KIDS ARE DROPPING OUT? >> NOT DROPPING OUT.

THEY MAY BE BEING HELD BACK. >> KAUR: THIS IS REALLY SURPRISING.

LIKE THIS IS NOT GREAT DATA, SO I JUST WONDER WHAT -- I'D LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN DO MORE ALIGNMENT, HOW TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE INFORMATION THE CITY IS RECEIVING AND HOW WE'RE BEING SUPPORTIVE. IF WE'RE FUNDING A PROGRAM WE SHOULD BE SURE THESE METRICS AREN'T TRUE. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THOUGHTS HERE. THIS IS -- YEAH. I THINK WE SHOULD -- I SUPPORT ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY RETHINK EXACTLY HOW WE'VE BEEN -- WE'VE BEEN -- HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE WE'VE

BEEN FUNDING THESE PROGRAMS? >> MORE THAN 30 YEARS. >> KAUR: AND YOU'VE SEEN THIS DATA EVERY YEAR? YOU GUYS GET THIS DATA EVERY YEAR?

>> NO. WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TOOK IT OVER AND CONTRACTED IT OUT, THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED REQUESTING THE METRICS AND PERFORMANCE.

AND OVER TIME IT HAS MORPHED TO THESE METRICS. >> KAUR: AND HOW LONG HAVE

WE BEEN RECEIVING THIS DATA YEAR OVER YEAR? >> I WOULD SAY PROBABLY SIX

YEARS, BUT I NEED TO VERIFY THAT. >> KAUR: AS A FOLLOW-UP, COULD YOU SEND US THIS YEAR OVER YEAR? I FEEL THIS IS INFORMATION THAT -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR AGENDIZING THIS AND FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. THIS IS STUFF WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING.

WE HAVE ALL THESE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS AND THIS IS LIKE METRICS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT, AND I ABSOLUTELY 100% BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT THIS.

BUT -- YEAH. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE WANT OUR DOLLARS TO BE EFFECTIVE. SO IF THE PROGRAM ISN'T EFFECTIVE WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHY AND BE BETTER.

ALL THAT TO SAY I'M GLAD WE'RE FINALLY THINKING ABOUT METRICS SINCE WE'VE BEEN

DOING IT FOR 30 YEARS. THANKS, CHAIR. >> GALVAN: ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ONE OR QUESTIONS? YEAH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: I THINK TO THAT, GREAT FEEDBACK AND GREAT COMMENTS THAT COUNCILMEN KAUR BROUGHT UP, I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE THERE ARE PARTICIPANTS OF THE PROGRAM, LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 6200 STUDENTS ARE PARTICIPANTS IN THAL PARA, AND I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT OF WHAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN WHEN THEY HAD ACCESS TO THIS PROGRAM, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 20% OF THE PARTICIPANTS ARE STILL CHRONICALLY ABSENT, THERE'S PROBABLY A LARGER PROGRAM, A LARGER PROBLEM THERE, MAYBE THIS IS DOING A GOOD THING, 60% MORE WOULD HAVE NOT -- THAT IS EGREGIOUS, MAYBE MORE OF THOSE WOULD NOT HAVE SHOWN UP, OR MAYBE SEVERAL MORE WOULD HAVE DROPPED OUT. HOW MANY -- WHAT'S THE -- DOES THIS GO ALL THE WAY UP

TO 12TH GRADE. >> NO, JUST THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL, REALLY 7TH GRADE.

12 YEARS -- FIVE TO 12 YEARS OLD. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THE LIKELIHOOD, YEAH, MOST OF THEM ARE BEING HELD BACK. MAN, WHAT IS THE -- WHAT ARE THE RATES OF -- WHAT'S THE STANDARD RATE? WHAT IS THE -- DANG IT, SO MANY DISTRICTS. WHAT WOULD BE THE NUMBER OR THE -- WHAT'S THE AVERAGE PERCENT MOVING TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL ACROSS DISTRICTS, DO WE KNOW?

>> YEAH, BUT I THINK -- >> TO YOUR POINT THAT MIGHT GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO HOW -- THESE ARE THE METRICS THROUGH THE AFTER SCHOOL CHALLENGE PROGRAM, BUT OVERALL, THAT CONTROL GROUP, THE INDIVIDUALS OR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT GO GOING TO THE AFTER SCHOOL CHALLENGE, WHAT DO THE METRICS LOOK LIKE IN THAT

CONTROL GROUP. >> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER IS WE NEED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU NONCHALLENGE STUDENTS HAD THIS RATE OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, CHALLENGE

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>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: FOR SURE. >> LIKE I SAID, THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IN SAN ANTONIO ISD IN '24 WAS REPORTED AS 24.3%.

ACROSS THE STATE WAS 19%. FOR CHALLENGE STUDENTS IN SAISD, IT WAS AROUND 20%.

SO THERE'S IMPROVEMENT THERE, BUT HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED THAT CONTEXT TO UNDERSTAND IF THE PROGRAM IS GETTING GOOD OUTCOMES OR NOT.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: FOR SURE. >> SO THAT'S THE GOAL.

>> AND WE CAN TRY TO PROVIDE THAT IN A FOLLOW-UP MEMO. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: IF THERE'S ANY ECONOMIC DATA, I GUESS IF YOU CAN BREAK IT OUT INTO -- THAT'S KIND OF A BROAD SET OF CATEGORIES, BUT IF YOU HAVE 185% BELOW POVERTY, OR BELOW 85%, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAVE, OR ANY FURTHER BREAK DOWN THAT YOU COULD DO, AS WELL

AS MAYBE ZIP CODE DATA, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE HELPFUL. >> WE ALSO COLLECT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, BUT I DON'T -- AND INCOME DATA OBVIOUSLY FOR WE'RE DOING

FEE. >> ALL THE DATA, ALL THE DEMOGRAPHIC.

>> SMITH : EVEN IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE COMPARISON OF THE STUDENTS TO THE GENERAL, RIGHT? STAAR READING IS A LITTLE HIGHER, SAISD IS 62%.

LIKE MEETS, WHATEVER, THIS IS PROBABLY PASSING IS WHAT THAT IS LOOKING AT, OR APPROACHES, I GUESS IS WHAT IT IS, BUT 66%, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, THAT PART IS, BUT, YEAH, I THINK EVEN IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE FOUR DISTRICTS, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS COMPARING TO, BUT I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I GUESS LIKE I AM OVER -- I OVERESTIMATED THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM, BUT I'D BE STILL INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT, AND ALSO INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT COMPARISON TO SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT UP WAS TRACKING, SO WE COULD SEE LIKE IF WE'RE TRACKING THESE FIVE THINGS FOR THIS PROGRAM, CAN WE TRACK EACH OF OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES AS WELL, SO WE CAN SEE HOW THOSE STUDENTS ARE DOING IN COMPARISON?

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> GALVAN: YEAH, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK, MORE SPECIFICALLY ON THE DATA.

I THINK TWO THINGS, IF WE CAN COME BACK WITH THIS PROGRAM SOME TIME NEXT YEAR, CLOSER TO SUMMERRISH, AND KIND OF GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT DATA WE ARE ADJUSTING, ON SLIDE 6, I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS WORK OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, NOT ONLY INTERNALLY, BUT EXTERNALLY, IF THERE'S ANY WAY YOU CAN PROVIDE US MORE DETAIL IN THAT MEETING, HERE IS WE'RE ADJUSTING, HOW WE'RE DOING THIS KIND OF ANALYSIS, I THINK THAT IS THE INTENTION AS WELL WITH SOME OF THE ALIGNMENT, JUST SO WE HAVE A FINE POINT ON IT, TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND BEFORE THE BUDGET PROCESS GOES THROUGH AS WELL, AND IF WE CAN BE HELPFUL IN ANY WAY PROVIDING THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS, I THINK YOU HEARD A COUPLE, AS YOU'RE NAVIGATING THROUGH, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE A FOLLOW-UP LIST OF THE THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO ADJUST OR REVIEW, IN A FOLLOW-UP MEMO ALONE, YOU DON'T COME BACK TO US, HERE ARE THESE THINGS, WHAT ABOUT THE REST, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO

YOU SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT THAT. >> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

>> GALVAN: OKAY. AGAIN, I THINK ALL OF US AGREE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BUILDING UPON, HOWEVER WE CAN BE HELPFUL IN THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ENTRY FEE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER AS WELL, BUT WONDERING HOW WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THERE'S PARTNERSHIPS THERE AS WELL, AS WE'RE FACING BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AS WELL.

CAN YOU ALSO PROVIDE US THE LIST OF WHO THE CONTRACTS ARE, WHAT AGENCIES ARE DOING

THIS WORK? >> SURE. >> GALVAN: THIS IS MAY SILLY I'M GOING TO ASK, ALSO HOW THEY DESCRIBE THEMSELVES, WHAT THE PROGRAM IS CALLED ON THE CAMPUS LEVEL, ONLY SO THAT WAY THERE'S BETTER STANDARDIZATION OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS STUDENTS AND STAFF, THAT WAY -- TALK TO SOME FOLKS THEY WILL SAY WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

I'LL SAY, NO, YOU DO. JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, WE HAVE THE CAFE COLLEGE CONVERSATIONS, UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE STAFF ON SITE, PEOPLE IMPACTED SAYING, OH, THIS IS CONNECTED TO THE CITY IN SOME WAY, WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME PAGE WHAT THE WAY THE CITY IS INVESTING IN, AS WELL AS EXTERNALLY WOULD BE HELPFUL, POTENTIALLY. LAST THING WE WERE GOING TO MENTION, SOMEWHERE HERE, LOOKING AT THE ALIGNMENT AS WELL, SHINING A BAD LIGHT, I'M NOT TRYING TO DO THAT, HOW WE CAN COORDINATE RESOURCES WITH A PARTICULAR PROGRAM ON THE SCHOOL THAT HAVE DIFFERENT LOWER RATINGS FRANKLY, IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC FOCUS THERE, I KNOW, SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, STAR BASE KELLY HAS BEEN ONE THEY CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, SOME OF THE FIELD TRIPS THEY DO THERE,

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AND THEY'VE DONE THAT WORK, RIGHT? STILL ONGOING, WE'LL SEE THE RESULT AS WE GO THROUGH THAT, WONDER HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE PARTNERSHIPS BOTH WITH THIS PROGRAM AND BEYOND, HOW TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC GAPS, I KNOW IT'S WORK Y'ALL ARE ALREADY DOING, BE ABLE TO EXTRAPOLATE THAT FOR US WOULD BE HELPFUL, IS THERE A TARGETED, IS THERE A MEASURABLE OUTCOME HAPPENING FOCUS ON STEM OR READING OR WHATEVER, AND SEEING THE TEST RESULTS BEING ADJUSTED AS WELL. THE TESTS, WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON THEM, I DO TOO, BUT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE FRANKLY STAYING OPEN IS ONE BIG ONE FOR ME, MAKING SURE WE'RE HELPING THAT ISSUE THERE, AND MOVING FOLKS ALONG IN TURN AROUND STATUS OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

ANY LAST THINGS. >> IF I CAN SUMMARIZE REAL QUICK ON THE LAST ITEM, SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WORKING WITH ALEX AND THE CHAIRS, LOOKING AT HOW WHAT WE DO WITH THE CITY IMPACTS ACADEMIC OUTCOME, SPECIFICALLY AROUND SIDEWALK, BUILDING SIDEWALKS AND LOOKING AT TARGETING CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR CERTAIN SCHOOLS, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIECE, HOW WE CAN CONNECT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING IN TERMS OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND CONNECT THOSE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THOSE ARE KIND OF THE THREE TAKE AWAYS I GOT, ON THE SECOND ONE, WE'LL GET YOU AS PART OF A FOLLOW-UP MEMO, DEMOGRAPHICS, SOME OF THE OUTCOMES, SOME OF THE CONTROLS, YOU CAN SEE HOW

THIS PROGRAM IS IMPACTING, DOES THAT WORK? >> OKAY, JUST WANTED TO --

THANKS. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK TODAY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> GALVAN: WE'RE HOPING TO DRIVE OFF THE BUDGET QUESTIONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH,

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