1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,720 My name is Ryan Ritter, and father of two boys, 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,200 I hope will remain HVE Vikings when I leave this 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:06,240 building tonight. 4 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:06,640 Dr. 5 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,360 Bonner, via email you told me that we were focusing 6 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,760 too much on the financial side of the equation and 7 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:12,960 not the attendance. 8 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:14,240 Challenge accepted. 9 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,240 I have a couple of charts that my lovely and 10 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:18,400 very patient wife will assist me with. 11 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,440 The first chart referenced attendance by students at all three 12 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,680 elementary schools feeding into Briar Hill. 13 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,320 Each school is represented by their primary school color with 14 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:27,520 HVE in purple. 15 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:31,760 The green dotted line represents the 550 attendance number required 16 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,200 for each school to be solvent. 17 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:34,960 There's three things I want to point out in this 18 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:35,600 chart. 19 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,840 HVE was never in that 550 standard. 20 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,320 So which tells me the M and O budget maybe 21 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,320 made sense somewhere around the 90s. 22 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,600 2019 was the last time this feeder ever had anything 23 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,280 close to solvency, even though HVE was left behind. 24 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,160 Of all schools, HVE is the only one that has 25 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:59,520 had any since 2019 attendance up or attendance up projected. 26 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,320 Now, those leaking this data might think me crazy for 27 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,760 showing as HVE is the clear line below both schools. 28 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:07,520 That's where the next charts comes in. 29 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,760 Percentage by optimal capacity. 30 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,280 Three things here. 31 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,320 HVE is the only school to ever go above 100% 32 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,600 of capacity since 95, hitting the mark four times. 33 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,880 HVE is the only school to never go by the 34 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,680 60% line of overall capacity use. 35 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,560 HVE is the only school to have a drop of 36 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,840 do not have a drop more than 10% since 97. 37 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:34,480 There was one loan drop from 11% down to 97%. 38 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,760 Now this data tells me HVE's footprint is not only 39 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,200 appropriately sized for the community it serves, but that it 40 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,160 is also the most consistent and predictable of all when 41 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:45,760 it comes to attendant patterns. 42 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,800 I urge the board not to sacrifice the appropriately sized 43 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,920 schools simply to make up for shortfalls in larger buildings. 44 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,320 At the end of the day, the 550 number is 45 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,080 unreasonable for all schools. 46 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,440 Hence why we focus on funding so much. 47 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,640 We've been asked to consider the good of the entire 48 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,720 district, and I promise that we are. 49 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:04,680 've In fact, I been 50 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,920 as active as I have been because I'm worried about 51 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,640 the future of our public schools throughout our state. 52 00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:12,840 I don't want LISD to take the lead in right 53 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:13,800 sizing. 54 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,280 It will send the wrong message to Austin, and one 55 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,640 I fear they will use to justify their own delinquency. 56 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:21,880 This is the same group of people that claim public 57 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,240 school funding was voted down while conveniently leaving out the 58 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,320 bill required vouchers as well. 59 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,360 Vote no tonight and delay this decision for a year. 60 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,400 You will never have a more engaged group for advocacy 61 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,400 than you will at this very moment. 62 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,600 Lord knows that I feel like I've been screaming into 63 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,400 the void about public school funding, but people are listening, 64 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,440 being engaged, and are shocked at what they're discovering. 65 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,520 There may be come a time when these retirements are 66 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,280 necessary, but that's not tonight. 67 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:49,480 You've done your job. 68 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:54,600 It is time Austin does theirs.