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Dilley Elementary Supper Program

Adam Martinez, DES The Dilley Elementary Supper Program was implemented the Fall of 2019. Implementation was initially a big task. The campus needed to get a sense and feel of what the program would look like. Initially, all hands were on deck. Everyone was helping. As the program progressed, staff came to realize adjustments had to be made. Food carts had to be added to transport the food from the cafeteria to the students. Currently the custodians are the facilitators for the food delivery. High school students assist with serving the meals.Meals are served daily at 3:30 pm. Students are paid for the time they spend serving meals. Students who serve meals, must have a class schedule that permits them to be done with all classes by serving time. Overall there has been good response to the program. Students look forward to the meals.

Dilley ISD had the opportunity to refund bonds to save the taxpayers of the district a substantial amount of money over the life of the bonds. During the regular board meeting that took place on January 20, 2020, the Dilley ISD Board of Trustees approved refunding the bonds with an estimated savings of 11.99% or $6.1 million including the additional district contribution of $2 million.

The Administrative staff worked with the districts’ financial advisor to coordinate with the different professionals needed to have a successful pricing of the bonds. The bonds were priced on February 5 th and closed on March 4 th . The final terms resulted in 15.23% savings of the refunded bonds or about $6.9 million, including the additional amount contributed by the district. The interest rate was reduced from 4.77% on the original bonds to 2.73% on the new bonds, resulting in net present value savings of about $5.2 million. The administrative staff worked very hard and with great diligence from board approval to the closing of the bonds to achieve such great savings for our district.

School Supplies for the 2020-2021 School Year

The school district purchased all the student instructional supplies needed for the 2019-2020 school year. For the 2020-2021 school year, the DISD Board of Trustees have once again approved to purchase all the instructional supplies for the students. Parents will not need to purchase any school supplies for their children. The supplies will be in each classroom on the first day of instruction. The cost of all the supplies will be less than $30,000.00. The Board of Trustee’s is grateful the district is in the position to be able to help our families and community, especially with the recent downturn in the economy both locally, but across the country.